The Israeli Defense Forces issued evacuation warnings to the residents of Gaza, advising them to move from the north to the south, where they would be safe from the aerial bombardment.
In the wake of this crisis, progressive members of the American government have suggested that the United States should provide refuge for these displaced Palestinians. However, this proposal has been met with staunch opposition from many Republicans.
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Representatives Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin and Andy Ogles of Tennessee have introduced a bill known as the "Guaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admission Act," or the GAZA Act. This legislation aims to prevent the Biden administration from issuing visas to Palestinians seeking refuge in the United States.
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"We can't let President Biden abuse our parole and visa rules to bring unvetted Palestinians into American communities the way he did with thousands of unvetted Afghans," stated Tiffany. He further added, "Following the horrific attack by Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists on innocent Israeli civilians, the last thing America ought to do is trust identity documents issued by the radicals that oversee these territories. We need to put our security at home first and that starts by closing the door to bad actors who might be seeking to enter our country."
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Echoing Tiffany's sentiments, Ogles emphasized the importance of national security, stating, "At a time when the threat of terrorism is not only grotesquely on display but being encouraged and justified, it is critical that we do our best to ensure the security of our nation."
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The House of Representatives is currently without a House Speaker, as the GOP continues to deliberate on a suitable candidate to fill the seat following the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy by Rep. Matt Gaetz last week. This means that the GAZA Act will not be considered until a speaker is in place. So far, Ohio's Jim Jordan has garnered the most support from his party, which holds the majority in the House.
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Florida Senator Marco Rubio expressed his concerns to the New York Post, stating, "The U.S. is the most generous nation in the world, but we are in no position to accept additional refugees, especially from a region with as high a risk of terrorism, given our nation’s inability to secure our own border or vet those who are already here."
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South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, who is also a presidential candidate, argued that the United States should prioritize rescuing American hostages and ensuring that Israel has the necessary resources to defeat Iran-backed Hamas and defend its homeland.
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Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Tom Cotton of Arkansas also opposed the resettlement of Palestinians in the U.S., with Cotton attributing some of the blame to Iran. He stated, "Iran should take responsibility for any Palestinian refugees caused by its proxy . . . war with Israel. Iran is responsible for the death and destruction — it should be responsible for refugees as well."
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Reports from The Wall Street Journal suggest that the attack by Hamas, which had been in the planning stages for two years, was facilitated and approved by Iran.
Approximately 2.2 million people reside in Gaza. As homes and businesses are reduced to rubble due to Israeli attempts to destroy the tunnels and hideouts used by the terrorists who launched the attack, Gazans, who elected Hamas to power in 2006, are seeking safe passage out of the country.
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The U.S. border crisis under the Biden administration has seen a record 2 million encounters between illegal immigrants and border control entities in 2023, surpassing the previous record of 2.3 million in 2022.
Jon Levine of the New York Post reports that predictions indicate 1 million refugees may spill out of Gaza into the rest of the world. Brooklyn's Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a member of the Congressional "Squad" of far-left progressives, believes it is America's responsibility to take these people in. He also believes the US has an obligation to take in much of the rest of the world.
"Fifty percent of the population in Gaza are children. The international community as well as the United States should be prepared to welcome refugees from Palestine while being very careful to vet and not allow members of Hamas," Bowman said.
However, it is worth noting that in recent years, 151 people who are on the FBI's terror watch list have managed to cross the US-Mexico border amid the millions of others who have done so, along with countless others who have evaded detection by border enforcers.
In addition to the massive illegal immigration problem, the U.S. admitted more than 25,000 refugees in 2022, a 123 percent increase from 2021, according to the State Department. Of those who arrived in 2021, 100,000 were Afghans displaced after Biden's disastrous military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. Nearly 200,000 Palestinians already reside in the United States.
Bowman's hometown, New York, is grappling with a migrant surge, which sees 10,000 illegal migrants arriving in the city every month with expectations of food, shelter, resources, and even work. Migrants who cross the border and apply for asylum are given court dates far into the future, while the Biden administration continues to distribute illegal immigrants across the domestic U.S.
Protests erupted across the U.S. after the Hamas attack on Israel, which resulted in 1,300 deaths. Many of these protesters were not in favor of Israel, the nation that was attacked, but of Hamas, Gaza, and the Palestinians, who initiated the attack. These rallies saw people vociferously praising Hamas and the slaughter of innocent Israeli civilians. They chanted antisemitic and anti-Israel slogans that called for the total eradication of Israel.
Bowman believes it would be possible to distinguish those who hate Israel and want to see it eradicated by their own hands from those who hate Israel and simply encourage others to take up arms to complete that task.
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