Trump Administration Live Updates: President Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ in Anti-Immigrant Tirade
“President Trump called Somali immigrants “garbage” during a cabinet meeting, sparking outrage. The administration has also paused immigration applications from 19 countries and defended military strikes on narco-boats.
Where Things Stand
Somali immigrants: President Trump unleashed a xenophobic tirade against Somali immigrants during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, calling them “garbage” he does not want in the United States in an outburst that captured the raw nativism that has animated his approach to immigration. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry. And it came as he started a new ICE operation targeting Somalis in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. Read more ›
Military strikes: At the cabinet meeting, Mr. Trump heard his agency leaders speak in turn. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is under scrutiny over military strikes on boats in international waters, said, “We’ve only just begun striking narco-boats,” and maintained that he had not noticed two survivors of a Sept. 2 strike who were killed in a follow-up strike. Mr. Trump also defended the attacks and said his administration would “start doing strikes on land, too.” Read more ›
Travel ban: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries who were banned from traveling to the United States earlier this year. The action halts green card and citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, according to a spokesman from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.“
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