Trump refugee order dashes hopes of Iraqis who helped the U.S.

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The order temporarily suspends the United States` main refugee program and halts visas being issued to citizens of several predominantly Muslim countries, including Iraq. "Mr. Trump, the new president, killed our dreams," said one Baghdad man whose wife worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as a bookkeeper. He helped two of the interpreters come to the United States as refugees with their families, putting them up initially in his home in Dallas, Texas. Iraqis coming to the United States under the Special Immigrant Visa program for Iraqis, which stopped accepting new applications in 2014, or the ongoing Direct Access Program for U.S.-Affiliated Iraqis are losing hope of ever getting out. Another 58,000 Iraqis were awaiting interviews under the Direct Access program, according to the International Refugee Assistance Project.