Quill Lawrence
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Support for Afghan former allies was once bipartisan, but the Trump administration has all but shut it down and stopped processing visas for Afghans.
Camp Asalia has housed more than a thousand Afghans since the chaotic U.S.
withdrawal from Kabul in 2021.
Many say they can't return home because they helped American forces during the war and would face reprisals by the ruling Taliban.
Advocates say about 150 people there are related to U.S.
A State Department spokesman confirmed there are family of U.S.
citizens at the camp and said they may apply for U.S.
visas once resettled in a third country.
No such country has been identified.
The spokesman said there is no plan to return them to Afghanistan
but the camp will be closed by March 31.
Support for Afghan former allies was once bipartisan, but the Trump administration has all but shut it down and stopped processing visas for Afghans.
The class was at Columbia University.
The Insurrection Act allows a president to deploy the military on U.S.
soil during times of civil unrest.
As protests continue against ICE agents in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renee Macklin Goode, Trump has threatened to use the act to silence demonstrators.
In a post on social media, Trump accused Minnesota lawmakers of being corrupt and called protesters, quote, professional agitators.