Almost 70 Democrats Call for US to Open Pathways for Palestinian Refugees

Almost 70 Democrats Call for US to Open Pathways for Palestinian Refugees
A man carries a propane gas cylinder while walking through debris littering a street in the Jabalia refugee area in Gaza City on Oct. 11, 2023, on the fifth day of battles between terrorist group Hamas and Israel. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images
Stacy Robinson
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Sixty-nine Democratic lawmakers have urged the departments of State and Homeland Security to accept more Palestinian refugees fleeing the war in Gaza.

“In the eight months since the horrific Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas and the commencement of Israel’s military response, conditions in the Palestinian territories have greatly deteriorated,” the lawmakers wrote in a June 20 letter.
Stacy Robinson
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Stacy Robinson is a politics reporter for the Epoch Times, occasionally covering cultural and human interest stories. Based out of Washington, D.C. he can be reached at [email protected]