Check out this great succinct article from Human Rights First on “Asylum and Immigration Reform for the House and Senate August 2013 Recess.” It highlights the fact that Immigration Reform should honor America’s history of bi-partisan support for the US refugee and asylum systems, that faith-based and private sector leaders support refugee and asylum provisions in the Senate s.744 bill, and that the United States does not have to choose between national security and granting asylum to refugees who need U.S. protection.
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