Judiciary Chairmen Criticize Obama's Unilateral Acceptance of Migrants Barred from Australia
Published:
Wed, Nov 23rd 2016 @ 11:59 am EST
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, criticized secret negotiations between the Obama Administration and Australia for the resettlement of migrants from terrorist-producing countries refused under the latter’s border blockade policy. The migrants are from Iran and Sudan -- both State Department-designated state sponsors of terrorism -- plus Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Iraq.
In an effort to deter people smuggling across the dangerous waters from Asia, Australia earlier this year announced it would not accept asylum seekers arriving outside of official channels. The nation imposed a coastal blockade and moved the migrants to offshore immigration detention centers in Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
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