Biden Admin considering importing Palestinian Refugees from Gaza

[gwg77]

Just what we need. More terrorists. I knew this was gonna happen.

The Biden administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees, a move that would offer a permanent safe haven to some of those fleeing war-torn Gaza, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News.

In recent weeks, the documents show, senior officials across several federal U.S. agencies have discussed the practicality of different options to resettle Palestinians from Gaza who have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent residents.

One of those proposals involves using the decades-old United States Refugee Admissions Program to welcome Palestinians with U.S. ties who have managed to escape Gaza and enter neighboring Egypt, according to the inter-agency planning documents.

Top U.S. officials have also discussed getting additional Palestinians out of Gaza and processing them as refugees if they have American relatives, the documents show. The plans would require coordination with Egypt, which has so far refused to welcome large numbers of people from Gaza.

Those who pass a series of eligibility, medical and security screenings would qualify to fly to the U.S. with refugee status, which offers beneficiaries permanent residency, resettlement benefits like housing assistance and a path to American citizenship.

While the eligible population is expected to be relatively small, the plans being discussed by U.S. officials could offer a lifeline to some Palestinians fleeing the Israel-Hamas war, which local public health authorities say has claimed the lives of more than 34,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in Gaza.

The Israeli government launched a military offensive and aerial bombardment of Gaza after Hamas staged an unprecedented attack across Israel on Oct. 7, killing roughly 1,200 people, most of them civilians. Hamas militants also abducted more than 200 people, many of whom continue to be in captivity.

CBS News has reached out to the White House, Department of Homeland Security and State Department for comment.

The proposals to resettle certain Palestinians as refugees would mark a shift in longstanding U.S. government policy and practice. Since its inception in 1980, the U.S. refugee program has not resettled Palestinians in large numbers.

Over the past decade, the U.S. has resettled more than 400,000 refugees fleeing violence and war across the globe. Fewer than 600 were Palestinian. In fiscal year 2023, the U.S. welcomed 56 Palestinian refugees, or 0.09% of the more than 60,000 refugees resettled during those 12 months, State Department statistics show.

While many Democrats would likely support the move, admitting Palestinians as refugees could spur even more political challenges for the Biden administration related to the Israel-Hamas war. The conflict has already exposed rifts within the Democratic Party, triggered massive protests on college campuses and divided communities across America.

To qualify to enter the U.S. as a refugee, applicants have to prove they are fleeing persecution based on certain factors, such as their nationality, religion or political views. While some Palestinians could say they are fleeing repression by Hamas, others could identify the military and government of Israel, a top U.S. ally and recipient of American aid, as a persecutor.

The resettlement of Palestinian refugees, even if small in scale, could also garner criticism from Republicans, who have sought to make concerns about immigration and illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border defining issues in November's elections.

Soon after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas and the start of Israel's offensive in Gaza, leading Republicans, including presidential candidates, said the U.S. should not welcome Palestinian refugees, claiming that they are antisemitic and potential national security risks.

In recent years, the Biden administration has dramatically increased refugee resettlement, which was slashed to record lows by former President Donald Trump. U.S. officials have set a goal of admitting up to 125,000 refugees in fiscal year 2024, which ends at the end of September.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/palesti...a-white-house/

[BeachPro11]

This is an insane idea.

I will leave it at that.

[OGfrom06]

WTF?

Is our country the dumping ground for Jews?!

[OGfrom06]

By accepting refugees US Govt basically agreeing that they are being persecuted

If they are being persecuted, why are we helping the criminals in Tel Aviv?

[bluebeltATT]

Biden needs more voters and protestors


His administration won't be happy until the whole country burns to the ground

[Postmort3m]

This is by order of Israel for allowing the protests

[OGfrom06]

Dump them right by BullitJEW

[BespokenBrah]

Martha's vineyard and bullitev has to live with them.

[goody1]

So we give Israel money and then import their victims?

Seems logical

[BullittEV]

Dump them right by BullitJEW

Martha's vineyard and bullitev has to live with them.

Why? lmao

It's like two monkeys with an underdeveloped pre-frontal cortex that can only understand, "I no like bullitt, I mad."

[2011change]

OP dosent realize this is ISRAEL's making. ISRAEL/JEWS are kicking out natives from their land.

[BespokenBrah]

Why? lmao

It's like two monkeys with an underdeveloped pre-frontal cortex that can only understand, "I no like bullitt, I mad."

[BullittEV]

Lol this is N0rds' alt.

[AlfBundy]

OP dosent realize this is ISRAEL's making. ISRAEL/JEWS are kicking out natives from their land.

Pro-PALESTINE
ANTI-ZIONISM/ISRAEL

Thanks a lot ph3ggit

[BespokenBrah]

Lol this is N0rds' alt.

[BullittEV]

Too late faqqy, you already got outed.

America First, not Jews first, not Muslims first, deal with it.

[BespokenBrah]

Too late faqqy, you already got outed.

America First, not Jews first, not Muslims first, deal with it.

[BullittEV]

[BespokenBrah]

[gwg77]

OP dosent realize this is ISRAEL's making. ISRAEL/JEWS are kicking out natives from their land.

Tell me more about what you think I don't realize. You don't know anything about how I think.

[BullittEV]

[Zelensky]

>Rabbi Bullitt flailing around impotently with his trusty "I'm n-n-not the j-j-jew, y-y-you are!" schtick

we love to see the tunnel rats fail like this, don't we folks?

[chicagopizzaboy]

Hilarious. Why not just stop funding the genocide?

[BullittEV]

>Rabbi Bullitt flailing around impotently with his trusty "I'm n-n-not the j-j-jew, y-y-you are!" schtick

we love to see the tunnel rats fail like this, don't we folks?

The half jew Zelensky alt cries out in pain as he self loathes.

Pipe down, half jew. Everyone knows you are one, already.

[Zelensky]

>Rabbi Bullitt flailing around impotently with his trusty "I'm n-n-not the j-j-jew, y-y-you are!" schtick

we love to see the tunnel rats fail like this, don't we folks?

The half jew Zelensky alt cries out in pain as he self loathes.

Pipe down, half jew. Everyone knows you are one, already.

Like clockwork. The tunnel rat has no other moves LMFAO

[RIKTER]

By accepting refugees US Govt basically agreeing that they are being persecuted

If they are being persecuted, why are we helping the criminals in Tel Aviv?

Hard to argue against this ^^