A bit more clarity on the refugee. EO.
1- More than just afghans.
2- Afghans in transit stuck at US sponsored sites
3- If in the US can continue to receive benefits.
4- SIV (Afghan allies) are exempt.
This is per CNN. Highlights. URL included so Ana does not have a conniption.
Approximately 10,000 refugees had travel booked, which is now canceled, according to a source familiar with the data. A breakdown by country was not immediately available, but refugees generally come from a range of countries, including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Venezuela, Syria and Burma.
The cancellations could be particularly troubling for refugees whose medical exams or security checks, for example, are on the cusp of expiring. The memo also states that case processing is suspended, effectively shuttering the program.
“It is not clear what is going to happen to those individuals,” the official said. “They could be stuck there, we don’t know for how long.”
There are more than 1,000 Afghan refugees in Doha, the official said, and several thousand, up to as many as 10,000, in Pakistan. But there are other Afghan refugees in “many, many countries around the world … whose cases will now just be stopped,” the official said.
Special Immigrant Visa holders, which includes those who worked for the US abroad, are exempt. They can travel to the United States, according to the memo. Those refugees who are already in the United States can also continue to receive services.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/politics/refugee-flights-canceled/index.html