FIRST ON FOX: Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio is advising his division to stop refugee resettlement operations and start ramping up vetting of visas from sure areas in response to government orders from President Donald Trump.
After formally turning into its subsequent secretary, Rubio directed the Division of State to halt refugee resettlement applications, a senior division supply informed Fox Information Digital.
He additionally ordered the division to implement enhanced vetting for visa functions from “dangerous regions.”
The secretary cited new government orders signed by Trump after his inauguration Monday.
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Rubio instructed the division to start taking sure actions in keeping with Trump’s government orders. (Reuters)
Amongst dozens of government orders, Trump signed one geared toward “Realigning The United States Refugee Admissions Program” and one other to “[Protect] the United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats.”
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President Donald Trump indicators government orders within the Oval Workplace Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures)
The previous dictated that the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) be suspended on account of its detrimental impact on the nation’s pursuits. The latter order requires elevated vetting of all aliens, “to the maximum degree possible,” particularly these “from regions or nations with identified security risks.”
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Trump’s government order on refugees additional stipulates that “the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security may jointly determine to admit aliens to the United States as refugees on a case-by-case basis, in their discretion, but only so long as they determine that the entry of such aliens as refugees is in the national interest and does not pose a threat to the security or welfare of the United States.”
Rubio was the primary Trump Cupboard member confirmed, the Senate voting unanimously to take action Monday night time.
Rubio directed the Division of State to droop the refugee program. (Reuters)
He was sworn in Tuesday morning, turning into the 72nd secretary of state.
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In remarks on the division Tuesday, Rubio mentioned, “There might be adjustments, however the adjustments will not be meant to be harmful. They’re not meant to be punitive.
“The adjustments might be as a result of we should be a twenty first century company that may transfer by — a cliché that’s utilized by many — on the pace of relevance. However we have to transfer quicker than we ever have, as a result of the world is altering quicker than we ever have. And we’ve got to have a view that some say is known as ‘look around the corner.’
A bunch of over 100 migrants making an attempt to enter the U.S. illegally rushes a border wall March 21, 2024. (James Breeden for New York Submit/Mega)
“But we really need to be thinking about where are we going to be in five, seven, 10 or 15 years. Some of the issues that confront humanity today have no precedent. They have no historic precedent. Some of the challenges we face have no historic precedent. We can compare it to another era, to another time, but they’re not the same. Things are moving faster than ever,” he defined.
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Immigration was a high marketing campaign precedence for Trump in the course of the 2024 election.
In his inaugural tackle Monday, Trump promised, “I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted. And we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. We will reinstate my Remain in Mexico policy. I will end the practice of catch and release. And I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.”
