US: Bill Would Shut Doors to Central Americans

Expand United States Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, Republican-South Carolina, joined at right by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Democrat-California, the ranking member, speaks during a bill markup in his panel as he tries to change asylum laws on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. 2019 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite (Washington, DC) – The United States Senate Judiciary Committee on August 1, 2019, forwarded a bill to the full Senate that would all but shut US doors to Central American refugees, Human Rights Watch said today. The Secure and Protect Act (S.1494),…

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