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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 22 november 2017

Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys Drumstick and Wishbone

that Drumstick had been His daughters Ivanka, a se- by an army of volunteer
pardoned, Trump took a nior White House adviser, decorators and florists who
moment to thank service and Tiffany, a law school will spend the weekend
members and first respond- student; Ivanka’s husband, decking its halls. The first
ers, as well as the public. Jared Kushner, also a senior lady and Barron on Mon-
“This Thursday, as we give White House adviser; and day accepted delivery of
thanks for our cherished the first lady’s parents also the official White House
loved ones, let us also re- attended the ceremony. Christmas tree. It goes on
new our bonds of trust, Trump was headed later display in the White House
loyalty and affection be- Tuesday to his Mar-a-Lago Blue Room.
tween our fellow citizens estate in Palm Beach, Flor- Presidents as far back as
as members of a proud na- ida, where he was spend- Abraham Lincoln have
tional family of Americans,” ing the holiday with family. spared turkeys. President
Trump said in the Rose Gar- Trump will return to a White George H.W. Bush is credit-
den, flanked by his wife and House that will have been ed with turning the pardon
Wishbone, one of two turkeys set to be pardoned by President 11-year-old son, Barron. transformed for Christmas into an annual tradition.q
Donald Trump, is greeted by members of the press, Tuesday,
Nov. 21, 2017, at the White House briefing room in Washington.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Continued from Front dent Barack Obama.
Trump, who has undone
But we have yet to receive numerous Obama initia-
any visitors quite like our tives, used the opportunity
magnificent guest of honor to poke fun at the former
today, Drumstick.” president. “As many of you
“I’m pleased to report that know, I’ve been very active
unlike millions of other tur- in overturning a number of
keys at this time of the year, executive actions by my
Drumstick has a very, very predecessor,” Trump said.
bright future ahead of it,” “However, I have been in-
he said. Trump announced formed by the White House
that Drumstick “and his counsel’s office that Tater
friend Wishbone” will spend and Tot’s pardons cannot,
the rest of their lives on the under any circumstances,
campus of Virginia Tech, be revoked. So we’re not
joining Tater and Tot, the going to revoke them. So
two turkeys that were par- Tater and Tot, you can rest
doned last year by Presi- easy.” Before declaring

Haitians relieved to stay in US
for now, upset status to end

By ADRIANA LICON old, U.S.-born girl.
Associated Press “I can breathe a little and
MIAMI (AP) — Yolnick get some rest. This buys me
Jeune couldn’t sleep for time to figure out what’s
days, anxious over the next,” Jeune said Tuesday
fate of a program that has in Miami’s Little Haiti com-
staved off the deportations munity. But at the same
of both herself and tens of time, Jeune is upset that the
thousands of other Haitians government on Monday
in the U.S. said she and nearly 60,000
Then President Trump’s ad- Haitians must return home
ministration this week an- July 2019, ruling out any
nounced one last 18-month further extensions of the im-
extension of the Temporary migration benefits given to
Protected Status that has Haitians who came before
allowed her to work and and in the aftermath of the
provide for her five chil- Caribbean country’s 2010
dren, including a 7-year- earthquake.q