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Dems Back Measure to Allow More Iraqi Refugees

HeadlineMay 10, 2007

In other Iraq news, House Democrats say they plan to introduce a measure that would increase the number of Iraqi refugees allowed in the United States. The Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act would allow an additional 20,000 Iraqi refugees over the next two years with another 15,000 families eligible for “special immigrant status” for each of the next four years.

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