Posted on 03/31/2018 6:18:52 AM PDT by granada
WASHINGTON A Democratic congressional delegation urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week to release African asylum seekers being detained in an Israeli prison.
In a letter sent to the premier on Tuesday, 11 Democrats who recently visited the Jewish state said there is no legal justification for deportation of the roughly 280 asylum seekers from African countries, mostly Sudan and Eritrea, being held in the Saharonim prison in southern Israel.
Israels Border Authority jailed the asylum seekers last month, after they refused deportation to a third-party country. The Israeli government has said it intends to to force the migrants to choose between jail and deportation.
We hope that these detainees will be released before the Passover holiday and that durable solutions, including in Israel, can be found, said the letter, which was orchestrated by Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
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Netanyahu should institute a death penalty for these jihad vermin, and send them to Perdition!
Over Antarctica!
Over Macho Grande?
I urge the release of MS13 gang members to be housed and fed by Democrat-leader households.
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