DeSantis says US should not accept Gaza refugees: 'They're all antisemitic'
by Cami Mondeaux, Congressional Reporter
October 14, 2023 03:52 PMGov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said the United States should not accept refugees who are fleeing the Gaza Strip, even as the war between Israel and the Hamas militant group intensifies over the weekend.
“I am not going to do that,” DeSantis said at a presidential campaign event on Saturday. “You don’t fly people and import them into the United States of America.”
His comments come after the Israeli military has instructed more than 1 million people located in the northern part of the Gaza Strip to evacuate to the south ahead of an anticipated attack against Hamas, possibly leaving thousands of people displaced as they seek to leave the war-torn country. U.S. officials negotiated a deal with Egypt, Israel, and Qatar to open up the Rafah border for roughly five hours on Saturday to allow U.S. citizens to escape to Egypt, but it’s not entirely clear where refugees may go from there.
However, DeSantis remained adamant the U.S. “cannot accept people from Gaza into this country as refugees,” arguing instead that surrounding “Arab states” should take them in.
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