Trump is targeting Ukraine's refugees - and moving too fast for courts to stop him

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : On 20 January, inauguration day itself, Trump signed an executive order revoking a humanitarian effort that allowed up to 30,000 people from those countries to enter the United States legally every month, and then temporarily settle for up to two years.
58% : Once any executive order is signed, ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the Department of Homeland Security, would be empowered to begin the immediate roundup of people affected by the ruling.
51% : Last month, the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington-based non-governmental organisation, accused the White House of building "a fundamentally new, all-of-government machinery" to fulfil Trump's campaign promise of mass deportations.
50% : WASHINGTON, DC - As Donald Trump continues to engage in actions that are broadly aligned with the interests of Vladimir Putin, his next step may be to order the fast-tracked deportation of 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the country and sought refuge in the United States following the Russian invasion.
43% : Raids on workplaces, community centres, residences and even schools are not announced ahead of time by ICE, leaving human rights activists scrambling to respond.
24% : And has the White House in any way promised to deport the Ukrainians as part of the negotiations about the conflict between US and Kremlin officials? Making life potentially more threatening for the Ukrainians, Trump is reportedly dissatisfied with the pace of mass deportations so far.
23% : Specifically, Trump is reportedly planning to revoke the temporary legal status offered to the fleeing Ukrainians by his predecessor Joe Biden.
23% : The institute accused Trump of "an iron-fist approach" that sought to make "co-operation on immigration a high priority in foreign affairs".
15% : A senior Trump official told the news agency that the plan to deport the Ukrainians was set in train before last Friday's disastrous Oval Office meeting between Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.

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