Trump’s Refugee Freeze

Lesson Brief Euronews
On January 28, Euronews reported on President Trump's signing of an executive order restricting immigration from seven Arab countries to the US for the next 90 days and suspends the entrance of all refugees for 120 days. According to the new administration, the order is an effort to prevent the infiltration of radical Islamic terrorists. The order restricts immigration from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. By signing the order, President Trump followed through with one of his main campaign pledges. Suggested Set: Assyrians Fleeing Villages in Northeastern Syria Additional Vocabulary:
مواطن citizen ركوب الطائرة Riding the plane
من دخول From entering سمح ، يسمح To permit
بشكل خاص In particular لذوي For those with
وزارة الدفاع Ministry of Defense, The Pentagon داعية إلى Calling for (f)
هدف ، يهدف To aim to عملية (here) process
مطارات أمريكية US airports بطبيعة الحال naturally
بمجرد Once, merely تصنيف Classification, classifying
نزول Departure, stepping off العقود الأخيرة Recent decades
الاكتفاء به Being sufficient with, satisfied with موجة البرد Cold wave
هب على ، يهب على To blow, drift
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