# Trump Unsettles Myanmar in US

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Podcast: [What's Happening in Myanmar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-happening-in-myanmar-7079140)
Published: 2025-11-29T11:03:00+00:00
Episode link: https://whimyanmar.com/trump-unsettles-myanmar-in-us
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## Resource

With Michael Haack, an activist and board member of Campaign for a New Myanmar. This week on episode 55 of What's Happening in Myanmar , the Karen National Liberation Army takes control of a Myawaddy scam compound, the military re-enters Mogok and Mongmit, Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko visits Nay Pyi Taw, and we talk about the Trump administration's many bombshells this week affecting the legal status of Myanmar people in the US. Email the show at whimyanmar@proton.me Timecodes— (00:00) Opening (01:12) KNLA takes scam compound (04:30) Military 505(a) amnesty "for elections" (07:45) Military marches into Mogok & Mongmit (08:52) Belarus president visits Myanmar (10:56) With Michael Haack, the Trump administration's announcements (14:30) Revoking TPS (20:57) Retroactively vet and reassess status of Myanmar refugees from 2021 (26:03) Re-examining permanent residency green cards (36:01) Close Our guests— Michael Haack, an activist and key organizer for passing the Burma Act in the United States How the BURMA Act passed congress What happened to the BURMA Act? New original content on the Frontier website: 'I had never done this in my life': Poverty pushes many to beg in Rakhine Further referenced this episode: 'A constant fear': Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status

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