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The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, has reported that about a dozen US justice department employees who worked on investigations into Donald Trump have been fired by his administration.
“Acting Attorney General James McHenry made this decision because he did not believe these officials could be trusted to faithfully implement the president’s agenda,” a justice department official told CBS.
Meanwhile, Trump is expected to sign three executive orders which relate to transgender military service members, reinstating troops who were discharged for refusing the Covid vaccine, and diversity, equity and inclusion programmes
He pledged to make these changes and criticised the military for becoming too “woke” during a speech to congressional Republicans in Florida
He also said the release of the Chinese AI program DeepSeek is a “wake-up call” for US companies
Nearly 1,000 immigration arrests were carried out on Sunday as Trump’s promise of mass deportations ramps up.
It remains to be seen in the coming days if the Department of Justice will allow the newly formed Trump administration’s action to go unquestioned as the move was largely seen to have contradicted judiciary independence
...as US moves to stop entry of migrants in ‘parole’ programmes
The Trump administration has told officials to stop allowing immigrants to the US on “parole” programmes and stop extending their status – a move that will impact Ukrainians with US sponsors and Afghan refugees, according to internal documents.
According to the documents obtained by CBS, the BBC’s US partner, the move suspends the entry of immigrants through parole processes, including the so-called CHNV process that applies to some Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan migrants – as well as a policy to allow some unaccompanied minors to enter the US.
Last week, we reported that the US moved to halt refugee resettlement programmes.
Under Joe Biden in 2024, the US accepted more than 100,000 refugees – its highest since 1995.
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