Karine Jean-Pierre Asked How Many Palestinian Refugees The White House Is Hoping To Bring To The US

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During Wednesday’s White House press briefing, Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about Palestinian refugees coming to the US and protests at Columbia University and other campuses nationwide.

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00:00 As the administration considers bringing Palestinians here to the U.S. as refugees, do you know

00:07 how many people that the U.S. hopes to relocate? And secondly, given the challenges getting

00:15 in and out of Gaza, will the U.S. assist in physically bringing Palestinians here?

00:23 So let me just first start saying that we just don't have anything to announce at this

00:27 time, but I do want to lay out a little bit and take a step back of what we've been able

00:32 to do since the beginning of the conflict. We have helped more than 1,800 American citizens

00:38 and their families leave Gaza, many of whom have come to the United States. Many of that

00:42 18,000 is here. And the President has said, and with his direction, we have also helped

00:49 and will continue to help some particularly vulnerable individuals, such as children with

00:53 serious health problems and children who were receiving treatment for cancer, get out of

00:58 harm's way, and receive care at nearby hospitals in the region.

01:02 And let's not forget the President, this administration, continues to be the largest contributor of

01:07 humanitarian assistance. This is something that the Secretary is going to be talking

01:12 about in this hour, the humanitarian assistance going into Gaza to address the conditions,

01:17 the humanitarian conditions in Gaza. Obviously, as we know, they are very dire, and we are

01:22 pressing hard to get more urgently needed aid in to more people as soon as possible.

01:27 That's why this hostage deal is so critical, besides, of course, getting the hostages home,

01:33 but also creating an opportunity to get that more additional humanitarian aid in and would

01:38 lead to a ceasefire.

01:39 Now, in terms of the Refugee Admissions Program, which is what I believe you're asking me about,

01:44 we are constantly evaluating policy proposals to further support Palestinians who are family

01:49 members of American citizens and may want to come to the United States. So we're evaluating

01:55 it. I don't have anything to announce at this time.

01:57 And then a quick one on the communications with protests and people related to protests.

02:04 Has the President spoken to Mayor Adams since the NYPD became involved in dealing with them?

02:10 No. I understand the question. I don't have anything to read out as far as a conversation

02:14 with the Mayor from the President, but I think we've been very, very clear about what we're

02:19 seeing on the ground. I've been answering these questions for the past couple of days.

02:22 Go ahead.

02:23 Thanks. You said the President is monitoring the situation. Is he aware of the reports

02:27 that a fair number of the people arrested on several campuses are not students?

02:32 Look, that is something for, obviously, local government to speak to, local police and law

02:40 enforcement to speak to, and what they're seeing and what they're reporting. That is

02:44 something that I can't speak to at this time. I've heard that reporting, but that is something

02:49 for them to speak to at this time.

02:50 But he's not aware of that?

02:52 Well, he's getting regularly updated on the situation and monitoring. So I assume that

02:57 he's getting – that's part of his update, but he is getting regularly updated on what's

03:01 happening across the country and campuses.

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