Trump changes mind and extends Liberians' immigration protections in U.S

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Thursday extended an immigration designation granting protected status to Liberians in the United States for an additional year, just three days before it was to expire, a rare move from a president who has taken a hardline stance on immigration.

Trump last year ordered an end to Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) status for Liberians, which was first granted to them during the presidency of his fellow Republican George W. Bush and enabled the immigrants to work and protected them from deportation. Advocates estimate that roughly 4,000 Liberians in the United States are protected by DED.

Trump had declared a one-year “wind-down” period, which set the final expiration date of the status as March 31. But on Thursday, Trump said he had changed his mind, winning unusual praise from some immigration advocates who have fought his policies in courts during the two years of his presidency.

“Upon further reflection and review, I have decided that it is in the foreign policy interest of the United States to extend the wind-down period for an additional 12 months, through March 30, 2020,” Trump said in a memorandum to his secretaries of state and homeland security that was released by the White House.

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WORLD NEWS MARCH 28, 2019 / 2:33 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Yeganeh Torbati
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[royable]

1. The question is, how is he profiting financially from this? n/t

[mr_lebowski]

2. There is, quite literally ABSOLUTELY ZERO possibility he's not ...

OR ... he believes their presence here increases his political power somehow.

For example, Mikey P could have them all locked up in a government lab somewhere, performing scientific experiments on them ... testing a serum that'll turn all dark-skinned folks into die-hard, white-power fascists like himself.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

[rpannier]

6. Friends of Charles Taylor?

Which would make them friends of marion 'pat' robertson

[Salviati]

3. I hate that so much of our national policy is left up to the whims of one man

Especially since this man is the dotard in chief, but even if he weren't, I would still find it disquieting that so much is at the presidents discretion. I hope that the aftermath of this shitshow of an administration is at least some dismantling of the imperial presidency...

[keithbvadu2]

7. 'I'm The Only One That Matters,' Trump Says Of State Dept. Job Vacancies

'I'm The Only One That Matters,' Trump Says Of State Dept. Job Vacancies

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/03/561797675/im-the-only-one-that-matters-trump-says-of-state-dept-job-vacancies

[sandensea]

4. "LIBRARIANS, Mr. President. Nice, church-going Librarians."

"Oh! Why the hell didn't ya say so!"

[TeamPooka]

5. If he gets enough bad publicity he will flip on any issue. We need to full court press every bad

thing

[Kind of Blue]

8. Exactly! More bad publicity. 46-1's decision came

just hours before the hearing was set by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. They argued that his decision was unconstitutional and based on race, ethnicity and national origin, and would break apart families.

[Harker]

9. He probably thinks a certain percentage of Libertarians

would vote for him, provided he's still up for re-election in 2020.