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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Responds After Rand Paul Calls Out Revoked White House Invite
Senator Rand Paul was packing his picnic blanket in a huff, but Donald Trump says he's more than welcome to join his colleagues at the White House's party Thursday. So, who's lying? The Kentucky Republican told reporters Wednesday that despite his plans to take his son, daughter-in-law, and grandson to an annual White House picnic for members of Congress Thursday, he had found himself unwelcome from the festivities. 'I think I'm the first senator in the history of the United States to be uninvited to the White House picnic,' Paul said in a video posted to X by Migrant Insider's Pablo Manriquez. 'Every Democrat will be invited, every Republican will be invited, but I will be the only one disallowed to come on the grounds of the White House.' Paul has been an outspoken critic against Trump's 'big beautiful bill,' and a strong opponent to raising the debt ceiling. He recently took Senator Lindsey Graham to task, arguing that the hawk only wanted to inflate the U.S. defense budget. Now, he's claimed his words have come at a cost. 'I just find this incredibly petty. I mean, I have been, I think nothing but polite to the president. I have been an intellectual opponent, a public policy opponent, and he has chosen now to invite me from the picnic,' Paul said. 'The level of immaturity is beyond words,' he said, adding that he'd been a critic of former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Trump during his first term, but never been uninvited. 'They've decided they want to declare war on my family and exclude us from the White House, and I just think it's incredibly petty,' Paul said. But in a post on Truth Social Thursday just hours before the party, Trump claimed that Paul and his family were expected at the White House. 'Of course Senator Rand Paul and his beautiful wife and family are invited to the BIG White House Party tonight. He's the toughest vote in the history of the U.S. Senate, but why wouldn't he be?' Trump wrote. 'Besides, it gives me more time to get his Vote on the Great, Big, Beautiful Bill, one of the greatest and most important pieces of legislation ever put before our Senators & Congressmen/women.' It's not clear whether Paul was bluffing, or whether Trump is pretending never to have rescinded the invite at all. Paul said he wasn't sure if the order had come from Trump himself or from staffers, who he alleged had been waging a paid influencer campaign against him. Paul even took a shot at White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect behind the president's crackdown on undocumented immigrants. 'These are people that shouldn't be working over there. You have people that are basically going around casually talking about getting rid of habeas corpus,' Paul said. 'And the same people that are directing this campaign are the same people that casually would throw out parts of the Constitution and suspend habeas corpus.' 'So, I think what it tells is they don't like hearing me say stuff like that, and so they want to quiet me down. And it hasn't worked, and so they're going to try to attack me. They're going to try to destroy me in other ways. And then do petty little things like social occasions or whatever,' he added. When asked if he was speaking about Miller, Paul shrugged, nodding. When asked whether he thought Miller had him uninvited, Paul said he didn't know. Paul told reporters he'd received no explanation for the decision. 'We're just not welcome,' he said. This piece has been updated.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukrainian Refugees Mistakenly Told They Must Leave the U.S. by DHS
Ukrainian refugees were mistakenly sent intimidating emails on Friday telling them it was time to leave the United States. Migrant Insider reported late Friday that Ukrainian constituents reported receiving emails informing them that their parole status under the Uniting for Ukraine (U4U) program had been terminated. The email, which was reportedly sent by the Department of Homeland Security, reads, 'It is time for you to leave the United States... the DHS is now exercising its discretion to terminate your parole. Unless it expires sooner, your parole will terminate 7 days from the date of this notice.' The email continues, 'If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States." The U4U program was established by the Biden administration in April 2022 in order to establish a 'streamlined process to provide Ukrainian citizens who have fled Russia's unprovoked war of aggression opportunities to come to the United States.' Under the program, participants were granted parole status for up to two years, after which they could apply for work permits. Many Ukrainians have since obtained temporary protected status that is not set to expire until October 2026. As part of his wave of 'Day One' executive orders, President Donald Trump ordered DHS officials to 'terminate all categorical programs' and paused admissions for Ukrainians under the U4U program. This order prevented those already in the U.S. from renewing their parole status and work permits and stopped new admissions into the country. Last month, Trump suggested he may also revoke the temporary legal residency granted to U4U participants. According to Tricia McLaughlin, a DHS spokesperson, the parole program that 240,000 Ukrainian refugees belong to has not been terminated. While the emails were sent in error, McLaughlin did not state whether a final determination had been made about their status, and when, if ever, the emails were meant to be sent.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukrainian refugees mistakenly told they must leave US in email mix-up
Ukrainians living in the U.S legally received an email in error on Friday from the Department of Homeland Security, telling them that their parole status had been revoked and that they must self-deport, according to a Trump administration official. It wasn't immediately clear how many people received the email notification, which caused widespread panic among people who fled the Russian invasion and have been on edge since President Donald Trump said last month that he may revoke their temporary legal residency status. As of yet, the U.S. has not terminated the temporary parole status granted to 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the war under President Joe Biden, said Tricia McLaughlin, a DHS spokesperson. The move to reverse it — which has been telegraphed by the White House in recent months — will potentially place hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on track to be quickly deported. The email, first reported by Migrant Insider, spurred immediate confusion as lawmakers began to receive calls from constituents about the notifications. Many Ukrainians were already bracing for such a directive from the Trump administration — part of the broader effort to strip legal status from nearly 2 million people who were allowed to stay in the U.S. through temporary humanitarian parole programs under Biden. Trump has already ordered the end of parole status for about 530,000 Venezuelans, Cubans and Haitians and said last month that he was considering doing the same for Ukrainians, who were part of a wave of refugees who fled at the start of the war. 'We're not looking to hurt anybody, we're certainly not looking to hurt them, and I'm looking at that," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last month when asked about revoking Ukrainians' status. 'There were some people that think that's appropriate, and some people don't, and I'll be making the decision pretty soon.' The DHS spokesperson did not say whether a final determination had been made, and when the notifications were intended to go out. On his first day in office, Trump called on DHS officials to 'terminate all categorical parole programs' as part of a slew of immigration executive orders. He also paused admissions under the program for Ukrainians, Uniting for Ukraine, soon after he took office in January — barring those already in the U.S. from renewing their two-year protections and work permits and halting new admissions.
Politico
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Ukrainian refugees mistakenly told they must leave US in email mix-up
Ukrainians living in the U.S legally received an email in error on Friday from the Department of Homeland Security, telling them that their parole status had been revoked and that they must self-deport immediately, according to a Trump administration official. It wasn't immediately clear how many people received the email notification, which caused widespread panic among people who fled the Russian invasion and have been on edge since President Donald Trump said last month that he may revoke their temporary legal residency status. As of yet, the U.S. has not terminated the temporary parole status granted to 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the war under President Joe Biden, said Tricia McLaughlin, a DHS spokesperson. The move to reverse it — which has been telegraphed by the White House in recent months — will potentially place hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on track to be quickly deported. The email, first reported by Migrant Insider , spurred immediate confusion as lawmakers began to receive calls from constituents about the notifications. Many Ukrainians were already bracing for such a directive from the Trump administration — part of the broader effort to strip legal status from nearly 2 million people who were allowed to stay in the U.S. through temporary humanitarian parole programs under Biden. Trump has already ordered the end of parole status for about 530,000 Venezuelans, Cubans and Haitians and said last month that he was considering doing the same for Ukrainians, who were part of a wave of refugees who fled at the start of the war. 'We're not looking to hurt anybody, we're certainly not looking to hurt them, and I'm looking at that,' Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last month when asked about revoking Ukrainians' status. 'There were some people that think that's appropriate, and some people don't, and I'll be making the decision pretty soon.' The DHS spokesperson did not say whether a final determination had been made, and when the notifications were intended to go out. On his first day in office, Trump called on DHS officials to 'terminate all categorical parole programs' as part of a slew of immigration executive orders. He also paused admissions under the program for Ukrainians, Uniting for Ukraine, soon after he took office in January — barring those already in the U.S. from renewing their two-year protections and work permits and halting new admissions.
Al Jazeera
20-03-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
The Take: What Trump's Alien Enemies Act means for the US today
US President Donald Trump invokes the Alien Enemies Act and deports hundreds more seeking refuge in the United States. 20 Mar 2025 By invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, United States President Donald Trump launched a constitutional showdown and sent aspiring Americans to El Salvador to some of the worst prisons in the world. After putting the law on pause, a federal judge is questioning the legality of these deportations, leaving many in the US to wonder what's next. In this episode: Pablo Manriquez (@MigrantInsider), Editor at Migrant Insider Episode credits: This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Sonia Bhagat, Sarí el-Khalili, and Ashish Malhotra, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Khaled Soltan, Hanah Shokeir, Melanie Marich, Remas Alhawari, and our guest host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Noor Wazwaz. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take's executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us:
