Refugee Ban

US president Donald Trump conducts tense call with Australian leader: report

Washington: US President Donald Trump was perhaps not having a good day when he recently spoke with his Australian counterpart, whom the new US leader upbraided over a refugee accord, media reported. The new US leader reportedly abruptly cut short his call with Australian Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull after criticizing the countries' bilateral refugee agreement and exulting over his electoral college victory in the November election, according to The Washington Post.

Twenty five US states say no to Syrian refugees, civil rights activists call it 'un-American'

Governors across the US have threatened to stop accepting Syrian refugees following last week's attacks in Paris, even as experts counter they lack legal authority to block the relocations