An Early Promise Broken: Inside Bidenâs Reversal on Refugees
What had been an easy promise on the campaign trail â to reverse what Democrats called President Donald J. Trumpâs âracistâ limits on accepting refugees â has become a test of what is truly important to President Biden.
A group of displaced Syrian boys playing near the sprawling Al-Karama refugee camp last month in Idlib, Syria.Credit.Ivor Prickett for The New York Times
WASHINGTON â Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was in the Oval Office, pleading with President Biden.
In the meeting, on March 3, Mr. Blinken implored the president to end Trump-era restrictions on immigration and to allow tens of thousands of desperate refugees fleeing war, poverty and natural disasters into the United States, according to several people familiar with the exchange.
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Gun buyback event in New Haven, CT brings in dozens of firearms
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) A gun buyback event in New Haven over the weekend garnered a total of 130 firearms.
According to New Haven police, they took in 85 handguns, 22 shotguns, 20 rifles and three assault weapons.
They also received 19 BB or pellet guns.
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker joined Senator Richard Blumenthal first announced the event on Friday.
The purpose was to urge community members to turn in any unwanted firearms on Saturday.
“Hardly a day goes by in Connecticut without some injury or death as a result of guns. Just last weekend, a 3-year-old was killed in Hartford. More than just thoughts and prayers are necessary in the face of these tragedies. We need action,” Blumenthal said.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth on hate crimes, racism, and environmental justice
‘There are structures that are racist in our society.’
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Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has been tackling racism on multiple fronts recently, particularly against Asian Americans. A bill aimed at curbing anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic finally picked up bipartisan support last week, which Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) sponsored and Duckworth supported. And following criticism from Duckworth and Hirono on a lack of Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in his cabinet, President Joe Biden last week announced that Erika Moritsugu would step into the role of deputy assistant to the president and Asian American and Pacific Islander senior liaison.