FOX First: Newly appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio is recommending that the department halt refugee resettlement operations and increase screening of visas from certain regions in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order. There is.
After Rubio was formally sworn in as the next secretary, he directed the State Department to halt its refugee resettlement program, a senior department official told Fox News Digital.
He also ordered the ministry to step up screening of visa applications from “risk areas.”
The secretary referenced a new executive order signed by President Trump after taking office on Monday.
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Mr. Rubio directed the department to begin certain actions consistent with President Trump’s executive order. (Reuters)
President Trump signed dozens of executive orders, including one aimed at “realigning U.S. refugee admissions programs” and another aimed at “.[Protect] Protecting the United States from foreign terrorists and other national security and public safety threats. ”
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The former ordered the suspension of the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) on the grounds that it would adversely affect the country’s interests. The latter order calls for increased screening of all foreign nationals “to the fullest extent possible,” especially those “coming from regions or nations where security risks have been identified.”
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President Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees further states that “The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security may jointly decide, on a case-by-case basis and in their discretion, to admit aliens to the United States as refugees; “Limited to the extent possible.” We determine that the admission of such aliens as refugees is in the national interest and does not pose a threat to the safety or welfare of the United States. ”
Rubio is the first member of Trump’s cabinet to be confirmed, with the Senate unanimously voting to approve him on Monday night.
Mr. Rubio directed the State Department to halt refugee programs. (Reuters)
He was sworn in Tuesday morning to become the 72nd Secretary of State.
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“There will be changes, but the changes will not be disruptive, they will not be punitive,” Rubio said in remarks at the department Tuesday.
“Change is necessary because we need to become 21st century institutions that can move forward at the right speed, a cliché that many people use. But the world is changing faster than ever before. We need to move faster than ever before because the world is changing,” and we have to have what some people call “looking around the corner.”
On March 21, 2024, a group of more than 100 immigrants breach the border wall in an attempt to illegally enter the United States. (New York Post/Mega’s James Breeden)
“But we really need to think about where we will be in five, seven, 10 or 15 years. Some of the problems facing humanity today are: Some of the challenges we face are unprecedented. There are no historical precedents. “We can, but things are moving faster than ever before,” he explained.
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Immigration was a top campaign priority for Trump during the 2024 election.
“I am declaring a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry into the country will cease immediately. And I will begin the process of returning millions of criminal aliens,” Trump said in his inaugural address Monday. ” he promised. We will reinstate the Remain in Mexico policy and send troops to our southern border to repel this disastrous invasion of our country. ”
Julia Johnson is a political writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, where she leads coverage of the U.S. Senate. She previously served as a political reporter for the Washington Examiner.
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