Tell Biden: The U.S. Must Welcome Palestinian Refugees
President Biden
Tell Biden: The U.S. Must Welcome Palestinian Refugees
Since October, Israel has killed at least 45,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including 15,000+ children with another 21,000+ children missing.
On World Refugee Day, 69 Members of Congress led by Rep. Greg Casar, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, and Sen. Durbin wrote to the Biden administration in strong support of admitting Palestinian refugees from Gaza with family in the United States. The Biden administration is reportedly considering this policy change.
This bicameral effort is strongly urging the White House for a Priority-2 (P-2) designation under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for Palestinians in Gaza with family members in the United States.
If Palestinians in Gaza are granted a P-2 designation under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), thousands with family in the United States could be resettled here to join family members.
We cannot miss this opportunity to save lives.
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The U.S. Must Welcome Palestinian Refugees
On World Refugee Day, 69 Members of Congress led by Rep. Greg Casar, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, and Sen. Durbin wrote to the Biden administration in strong support of admitting Palestinian refugees from Gaza with family in the United States.
If implemented, this policy could save the lives of thousands of Palestinians and unite them with their families in the United States while we work for an immediate and lasting ceasefire.
Palestinians are so rarely granted U.S. refugee status that, of the over 60,000 refugees resettled in the United States in 2023, fewer than 0.1% were Palestinians.
The bicameral effort recently led by Congressman Casar, Senator Durbin, and Congresswoman Jayapal is strongly supporting a Priority-2 (P-2) designation under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for Palestinians in Gaza with family members in the United States.
If Palestinians in Gaza are granted a P-2 designation under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), thousands with family in the United States could be resettled here to join family members.
We urge the Biden administration to welcome Palestinian refugees. We cannot miss this opportunity to save lives.