(Daily Caller) A slate of Democratic senators are pressing President Joe Biden to give extra deportation protections to Palestinians before he leaves office, but border hawks say such a move comes with blatant national security risks.
Democrats penned a letter to the outgoing president earlier in December, calling on him to designate temporary protected status (TPS) onto the Palestinian Territories. While the Biden administration had already bestowed deferred enforced departure (DED) to some Palestinians in the United States since the Israel-Hamas war began, the lawmakers argued that action didn’t go far enough and want better assurances that Palestinians won’t be removed from the country.
“Joe Biden barely knows what day of the week it is, meanwhile his pro-Iran, pro-Hamas staff are trying to jam through a policy to bring thousands of unvetted Palestinians to the United States before his term ends,” Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, speaking in reaction to Democratic lawmakers’ request, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.