As a neighbor. we have a heightened responsibility to accommodate these people. over and above our obligation to accept peoples from overseas lands. Whats more. H.R. 618 does not suggest granting permanent resident status to the concerned persons. it only calls for a 2to3 year suspension of deportation back to countries of origin by use of the extended voluntary departure mechanism. This is analogous to the internationally recognized principle of "nonrefoulement": that a country must not deport someone to the oppressive hands which they once fled. I cannot. in good conscience. tolerate the possibility that the United States may offend this longstanding humanitarian precept.
Keywords matched
deportation