In essence simply admitting that our immigration policies are inhumane.The Trump administration has pulled out of the United Nations’ ambitious plans to create a more humane global strategy on migration, saying involvement in the process interferes with American sovereignty, and runs counter to US immigration policies.
Guardian
Shouldn't we lose our seat on the human rights council then?The aim is to publish a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration next year in time for adoption by the UN general assembly in September.
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The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, informed the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, at the weekend that Donald Trump was not willing to continue with an American commitment to the UN global compact on migration.
That alone would make it something Trump would undo.In 2016, the 193 members of the UN general assembly unanimously adopted a non-binding political declaration, the New York declaration for refugees and migrants, pledging to uphold the rights of refugees, help them resettle and ensure they had access to education and jobs. The initiative had the enthusiastic backing of Barack Obama
What a load. We haven't had any moral leadership for quite some time. And, how can we be proud of our immigrant heritage and omit immigrants in the term "Americans alone"? What she means is "white Americans", and more specifically, bigots like her and Trump.In a statement issued on Saturday, Haley said: “America is proud of our immigrant heritage and our longstanding moral leadership in providing support to migrant and refugee populations across the globe ... But our decisions on immigration policies must always be made by Americans and Americans alone.”
Republicans used to talk about dissolving the UN. How long till they're back with that?The US has already pulled out of the UN climate change treaty and Unesco, the cultural heritage body, accusing the latter’s leadership of an anti-Israeli bias.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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