Congress Launches Bipartisan Bill to Give Refugee Status to Certain Hong Kong Residents

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Lawmakers of both parties introduced a bill to give refugee status to Hong Kong residents at risk of persecution under the Chinese territory's new national-security law

WASHINGTON—Lawmakers of both parties launched a bill to give refugee status to Hong Kong residents at risk of persecution under the Chinese territory’s new national-security law, which local rights activists and many Western countries have decried as a tool for Beijing to suppress civil liberties in the semiautonomous city-state.

The bill, introduced hours after the text of the new security law was released, is being led by Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez in the Senate and John Curtis and Joaquin...

 

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Congress should fast-track this and pass it quickly. It’s urgent. Human rights are involved. 🙏🏼

So...they get to share our covid-19? Why would anyone be dumb enough to run away to a country where thousands of people are dying of an uncontrolled pandemic?

' b l m' movement need your strength, skill, experienced,

Now this is immigration everyone can get onboard with.

Please take care of our own citizens before we help refugees. We have a huge homeless population, under-served communities with substandard education, housing & health care. I prefer my tax $$ save our citizens. Why are we saviours for other country citizens when ppl suffer here?

Yes very potential future as a refugee in U.S. Hongkongers should really consider it.

Very nice, hurry and out!

So they will leave one communist take over situation to step into another communist take over situation.

Great move. We support our friends in Hong Kong!

Any excuse to overwhelm the social system and destroy the US economy..

Crafty, cunning yet a Clueless Covfefe needs a miracle to win and miracles are hard to come by: Joe Biden holds a whopping 14% lead! Shed red Go blue Anyway, four more months to go before the fat lady would sing on November the 4th. Till then.....

During 2020, country with the highest crime rate is Venezuela with 84.86 incidents per 100,000. Since 2012, the high ranking Chinese government officials(with rake higher than ministry class) has 197 of them prosecuted as criminals amongst 2700. On a yearly basis ten folds higher

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