Testimony from the past and records of American scientists should be enough to validate for the rule of law, the climate crisis and it's impacts on Americans.
Among the flurry of executive orders (click here) marking the debut of the administration of US President Joe Biden was an order on February 4 to overhaul the United States refugee resettlement program and begin to grapple with growing climate-induced migration.
The order addresses flaws that have bedeviled the program for years and details what is needed to fix it, but it also demonstrates refreshing humanitarian purpose.
While acknowledging that refugee admissions are discretionary, the order directs officials not to discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, or other grounds, and instead identify refugees for resettlement “who are more vulnerable to persecution, including women, children, and other individuals who are at risk of persecution related to their gender, gender expression, or sexual orientation.” It calls for exploring avenues of humanitarian protection for vulnerable people who may not qualify as refugees....
...Biden also ordered a report on options for protecting and resettling people displaced directly or indirectly by the effects of climate change. Another order issued earlier in the week laid out a “root causes strategy” for addressing the drivers of migration from Central America, including corruption, crime, sexual and gender-based violence, and economic insecurity and inequality, while also expanding legal migration pathways for labor migrants as well as asylum seekers....
