Bush Administration Still Hampering Iraq Refugees

Iraqi refugees

From the Associated Press:

Thousands of Iraqis whose support for the U.S. war effort in Iraq has put them and their families in grave danger at home are being excluded from a new fast-track system aimed at speeding up refugee resettlement in the United States for American allies, officials said Thursday…

[T]hose who worked for private contractors, aid agencies or media outlets and their relatives — won’t be eligible due to objections from the Homeland Security Department, which fears that terrorists might… slip into the country, the officials said.

Take a job supporting the U.S. occupation of Iraq, and Homeland Security calls you a suspected terrorist.

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