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WORLD IN BRIEF
Associated Press
Partial US travel restrictions
going into effect today
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has set new
criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and
all refugees that require a “close” family or business tie to the
United States. The move came after the Supreme Court partially
restored President Donald Trump’s executive order that was
widely criticized as a ban on Muslims.
Visas that have already been approved will not be revoked,
but instructions issued by the State Department Wednesday said
that new applicants from Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran
and Yemen must prove a relationship with a parent, spouse,
child, adult son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or sib-
ling already in the United States to be eligible. The same require-
ment, with some exceptions, holds for would-be refugees from
all nations that are still awaiting approval for admission to the
U.S.
Grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, neph-
ews, cousins, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, fiancees or other
extended family members are not considered to be close rela-
tionships, according to the guidelines that were issued in a cable
sent to all U.S. embassies and consulates late on Wednesday. The
new rules take effect at 8 p.m. EDT today, according to the cable,
which was obtained by The Associated Press.
As far as business or professional links are concerned,
the State Department said a legitimate relationship must be
“formal, documented and formed in the ordinary course rather
than for the purpose of evading” the ban. Journalists, students,
workers or lecturers who have valid invitations or employment
contracts in the U.S. would be exempt from the ban. The exemp-
tion does not apply to those who seek a relationship with an
American business or educational institution purely for the pur-
pose of avoiding the rules, the cable said. A hotel reservation or
car rental contract, even if it was prepaid, would also not count,
it said.
Consular officers may grant other exemptions to applicants
from the six nations if they have “previously established sig-
nificant contacts with the United States;” ‘’significant business
or professional obligations” in the U.S.; if they are an infant,
adopted child or in need of urgent medical care; if they are trav-
eling for business with a recognized international organization or
the U.S. government or if they are a legal resident of Canada who
applies for a visa in Canada, according to the cable.
US demands more security on
international flights to US
WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department is
demanding that airlines around the world step up security mea-
sures for international flights bound for the United States or face
the possibility of a total electronics ban for planes.
Compliance with the new rules could lead to the lifting of a
ban on laptops and other large electronics already in place for air-
lines flying to the United States from 10 airports in the Middle
East and Africa. It could also stave off a much-discussed expan-
sion of the ban to flights from Europe.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced the roll-
out of the new rules Wednesday.
The changes will be phased in over time and include enhanced
passenger vetting, explosives detection and efforts to root out
insider threats to airlines.
“Security is my No. 1 concern,” Kelly said during a speech at
the Center for a New American Security. “Our enemies are adap-
tive and we have to adapt as well.”
Cardinal takes leave from
Vatican after sex assault charges
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal George Pell, one of Pope Fran-
cis’ top advisers, took a leave of absence as the Vatican’s financial
czar today to fight multiple criminal charges in his native Austra-
lia that allege he committed sexual assault years ago.
Pell appeared before reporters in the Vatican press office
to forcefully deny the accusations, denounce what he called a
“relentless character assassination” in the media and announce
he would return to Australia to clear his name.
“I repeat that I am innocent of these charges. They are false.
The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me,” Pell said.
The Vatican said the leave takes effect immediately and that
Pell will not participate in any public liturgical event while it is in
place. Pell said he intends to eventually return to Rome to resume
his work as prefect of the Vatican’s economy ministry.
Pell, 76, is the highest-ranking Vatican official ever to be
charged in the church’s long-running sexual abuse scandal, and
the developments pose a major and immediate new obstacle for
Francis as he works to reform the Vatican.
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Supreme Court partly reinstates travel ban
The justices will hear full arguments in October until then
Trump’s ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,
Syria and Yemen can be enforced if those visitors lack a
“credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or
entity in the United States.”
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440k Oregonians may lose health
care under Obamacare repeal
SALEM — State health officials say 440,000 Oregon resi-
dents could lose health care under the U.S. Senate’s proposal to
repeal the Affordable Care Act, potentially causing the state’s
uninsured rate to triple to 15 percent by as early as 2021.
Proposed cuts to federal Medicaid funds would also shift
more than $6.2 billion in costs to the state and eliminate 23,000
health-related jobs statewide by 2026, while older individuals
would be strapped with much higher insurance premiums on the
commercial market than younger individuals, Oregon Health
Authority officials said Wednesday.
Roughly 1 million Oregon residents, a quarter of the state’s
population, receive government-funded health care under the
state’s Medicaid program called the Oregon Health Plan. About
350,000 of those residents were brought into the program under
the ACA’s Medicaid expansion, which would be phased out over
several years.
During a briefing with the state Capitol press, Demo-
cratic Gov. Kate Brown said the latest proposal isn’t any better
than an earlier version that passed the U.S. House in May,
which would’ve imposed less-severe cuts to federal Medic-
aid expansion dollars and phased out the program on a shorter
timeline.
“The legislation is cruel,” Brown said. “It forces Americans to
pay more for inferior care. It will slash funding for public health
emergencies, epidemics and opioid-abuse treatment ... it incen-
tivizes the states to strip health care from people with disabilities,
older Oregonians and children who are dependent on Medicaid,
and, I think you’re all aware, it defunds Planned Parenthood for
an entire year.”
Costs associated with the Oregon Health Plan were largely
responsible for an expected shortfall, previously $1.4 billion,
in the state’s 2017-19 budget. Last week, the Oregon Legisla-
ture passed several health-related bills to cover most of that gap,
namely through a $670 million health care provider tax designed
to sustain the Medicaid program for the next two years.
The U.S. Senate GOP’s proposal would have a
minimal impact on the state’s 2017-19 budget, but eventually
coverage and benefits would be cut or costs would be shifted to
consumers.
Western governors mostly back
Endangered Species Act
The Republican-dominated Western Governors Association
endorsed the aims of the Endangered Species Act on Wednes-
day but asked Congress to make changes, including giving states
a bigger role and clarifying recovery goals for species protected
by the law.
The governors said Western states benefit economically from
healthy species and ecosystems but bear the burden of land-use
restrictions that usually come with species protection, as well as
some of the cost of recovery programs.
The 22-member association approved a resolution giving
qualified backing for the act during a meeting in Whitefish, Mon-
tana. The governors include 14 Republicans, six Democrats and
two independents. The vote count wasn’t released.
The group passed a similar resolution last year.
Endangered species protection is controversial because it gen-
erally results in limits on mining, oil and gas drilling, agriculture
and other economic activities.
Officials in some states have complained they are not given
a big enough role in deciding what species should be protected,
and how.
GOP ponders whether Trump
helps sell health care
WASHINGTON — It was a platform most politicians can
only hope for: A captivated, 6,000-person crowd and more than
an hour of live, prime-time television coverage to hype the
Republican vision for a new health care system.
But when President Donald Trump got around to talking about
the Republican plan — about 15 minutes into his speech — he
was wildly off message. Instead of preaching party lines about
getting the government out of Americans’ health decisions and
cutting costs, he declared: “Add some money to it!”
The moment captured a major dilemma for Republicans as
they look for ways to jumpstart their stalled health care overhaul.
A master salesman, Trump has an inimitable ability to command
attention, and that could be used to bolster Americans’ support
for Republican efforts and ramp up pressure on wavering law-
makers. But some lawmakers and congressional aides privately
bemoan his thin grasp of the bill’s principles, and worry that his
difficulty staying on message will do more harm than good.
“You know, he’s very personable and people like talking to
him and he’s very embracing of that, so there will be certain peo-
ple he’d like to talk to,” said Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. “But I’d
let Mitch handle it,” he continued, referring to the lead role Sen-
ate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has played thus far.
McConnell delayed a vote on the health legislation this week
after it became clear he couldn’t muster enough Republican sup-
port to offset the unanimous opposition from Democrats. GOP
leaders are now hoping to pass a bill in the Senate and reconcile
it with an earlier version approved by the House before lawmak-
ers head home for their August recess.
Report: More than half of hate
crimes in US go unreported
WASHINGTON — The majority of hate crimes experi-
enced by U.S. residents over a 12-year period were not reported
to police, according to a new federal report released today that
stoked advocates’ concerns about ongoing tensions between law
enforcement and black and Latino communities.
More than half of the 250,000 hate crimes that took place each
year between 2004 and 2015 went unreported to law enforce-
ment for a variety of reasons, according to a special report on hate
crimes from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Hate crimes were
most often not reported because they were handled some other
way, the report said. But people also did not come forward because
they didn’t feel it was important or that police would help.
The report, based on a survey of households, is one of sev-
eral studies that aim to quantify hate crimes. Its release comes as
the Justice Department convenes a meeting today with local law
enforcement officials and experts to discuss hate crimes, includ-
ing a lack of solid data on the problem nationwide. Attorney Gen-
eral Jeff Session is scheduled to speak.
The new survey shows the limits of hate crime reporting, said
Brian Levin, the director of the Center for the Study of Hate and
Extremism, California State University.
“Many victims don’t report hate crimes because of personal
and institutional reasons,” Levin said. For example, some Latino
immigrants may be reluctant to call police after an apparent hate
crime for fear of deportation, he said.
Advocates fear that problem is worsening as the Trump
administration ramps up immigration enforcement.
The report says Hispanics were victimized at the highest rate,
followed by blacks.
China defends prison care of
ailing Nobel Peace laureate Liu
BEIJING — In the midst of a growing outcry, China appears
to be responding to criticism that prison authorities failed to pro-
vide sufficient care to ailing Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo,
saying that he received regular health checks but nothing abnor-
mal was detected until May.
Liu, 61, has been released from prison on medical parole after
being diagnosed earlier this month with late-stage liver cancer
and is being treated in a hospital in the northeastern city of Shen-
yang. He had been more than half-way through an 11-year sen-
tence after being convicted in 2009 on subversion charges.
A statement released overnight Wednesday by Shenyang’s
judicial bureau said doctors found suspicious symptoms during a
routine physical checkup on May 31. It said a 22-member medi-
cal team was convened and a week later diagnosed Liu with liver
cancer that had metastasized. Defending Liu’s care, it listed the
steps taken and medical units involved.
“Liu Xiaobo and his family expressed their satisfaction with
the treatment work undertaken by the prison and hospital,” the
statement said. Liu’s wife, Liu Xia, who has been living under
house arrest despite not being charged with any crime, was
accompanying him in Shenyang, the statement said.
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