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		<title>Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong &#8211; February 3, 2023</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Greetings from Tyler, They’ve decided to keep the Covid fear machine in place, at least until May 11, and you can bet there will be crocodile tears if it ever happens. You can hear them now. Covid did what Global Warming was &#8230; <a class="kt-excerpt-readmore" href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/weekly-update-by-mark-armstrong-february-3-2023/" aria-label="Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong &#8211; February 3, 2023">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greetings from Tyler,</p>
<p>They’ve decided to keep the Covid fear machine in place, <span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://www.barrons.com/news/white-house-says-us-covid-emergency-status-to-end-may-11-01675122909">at least until May 11</a></span>, and you can bet there will be crocodile tears if it ever happens.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You can hear them now.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Covid did what Global Warming was supposed to.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Not that they’re not still throwing fits about stuff we’ve never heard of.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>National Geographic must be slow on the uptake if these wild phenomena are taking place somewhere on the “planet.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Some of these guys nearly busted through their suits with anger.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The trick is that we, the recipients of their wrath, can’t even conceive of their wealth. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>I’m trying to remember if a fit has been thrown in the U. S. Congress to compare to the <span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/02/aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-angry-ilhan-omar-committee/">bouncing and gesturing of AOC</a></span>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Maybe she has a future at the pulpit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s as if some of those gestures were created in a mirror.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She was nearly beside herself with anger at all the usual whipping boys.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You know, racism, inequality, violence against women of color.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Turns out the whole squad is apoplectic.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What do you mean they <span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-oust-rep-ilhan-omar-foreign-affairs-committee-rcna68701">can’t serve on important intelligence and national security committees?</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What an outrage!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How dare we stand for it?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This fit will be memorialized.</p>
<p>So you know we’ve got a <span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-alleged-chinese-spy-balloon-is-now-over-missouri-here-s-what-we-know-about-its-path/ar-AA175k32">Chinese spy balloon</a></span> drifting high above the United States.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-biden-chose-not-shoot-down-chinese-spy-balloon-keeping-options-table">Nothing can be done because…</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The explanations don’t make a lot of sense.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Who knows what ramifications shooting down a Chinese spy balloon would have, or what backroom agreements would be breached.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Word has it that the pretender wants it shot down and the military is balking.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We can land vehicles on Mars, but have no idea how to deal with a spy balloon. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>I made the mistake of tuning in to one of the lesser news stations.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>There was a Ukrainian woman of some high office sounding like a true believer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>She wants<span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/28/friends-no-longer-ukraine-removes-russian-statues-and-street-names"> all Russian influence kicked across the border</a> </span>and the international community’s blessing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Nothing short of that is acceptable.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>That’s as unrealistic as it gets.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It overlooks <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/ukraine-and-russia-history-post-ussr/"><span style="color: #008000;">realities of decades</span>,</a> and guarantees perpetual war. It makes you wish our government was half as concerned about <span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/state-of-our-union-our-southern-border-has-never-been-less-secure/ar-AA16WrQu">our southern border.</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Only those borders halfway around the world really matter. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Everybody’s after Trump.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Old stories are being dredged up with all kinds of criminal implications.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>They’re going to destroy him no matter what.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You’ve got to admit, all these years of throwing the book at him, and nothing to show for it has to be infuriating.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m thinking of the Police Chief in the Pink Panther movies. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Meanwhile,<span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/hunter-biden-reportedly-pushed-more-aggressive-against-critics-by-high-powered-liberals"> Hunter’s gone on offense</a></span>. He’s got some of the finest lawyers money can buy.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>A lot of them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How dare his personal stuff go public!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Somebody must be responsible.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sue everybody in sight, maybe that’ll work.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>You have to wonder what the big guy’s lawyers are thinking.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m thinking this wasn’t their strategy, but who knows? You might have noticed, the <span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://justthenews.com/government/congress/comer-reveals-more-roadmap-his-probe-hunter-and-jim-biden">details of some international deals</a></span> are getting published all over the place.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The “going on offense” posture is designed to call a halt to the revelations.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s a little late.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We already know.</p>
<p>We were kind of hoping we hadn’t heard the last of <span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/babel-at-davos">the Davos crowd</a></span>, urgent to save us from ourselves as they were.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Apparently our bosses (they think) <span style="color: #008000;"><a style="color: #008000;" href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/climate-nature-energy-saving-the-planet/">have a lot of things figured out. </a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #333333;"> </span>They’ve decided the planet can be saved if we just all stay home!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Imagine the non-existent traffic jams and no office energy consumption.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Covid mandates showed the way, and if they could just get us all back indoors everything would be fine.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Surely you won’t mind a little dietary diversity, like bugs. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>The arrogance of buffoons knows no bounds.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/feb/2/house-republicans-launch-probe-biden-climate-envoy/">J<span style="color: #008000;">ohn Kerry’s got that look on his face again</span></a>.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Uh oh.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>There go the gas stoves.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Everybody stay home, except when it’s time for your next booster shot.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>If these self-absorbed intellectual types weren’t so vain, it might be a little easier to take.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We don’t believe in them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>There’s a much higher power and we believe in Him and the common sense he gave us.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thanks anyway.<span class="Apple-converted-space">  </span></p>
<p>Mark</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Senior Democratic leaders issued a unified statement Thursday, denouncing comments made by Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar when she compared U.S. and Israeli &#8220;war crimes&#8221; to actions by the Taliban and Hamas. The statement was part of an internecine war of words &#8230; <a class="kt-excerpt-readmore" href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/top-dems-rebuke-ilhan-omar-for-us-israel-comparison-to-terrorist-groups-no-moral-equivalency/" aria-label="Top Dems rebuke Ilhan Omar for US, Israel comparison to terrorist groups: &#8216;no moral equivalency&#8217;">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="speakable">Senior Democratic leaders issued a unified statement Thursday, denouncing comments made by Minnesota Democrat <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/ilhan-omar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Ilhan Omar</a> when she compared U.S. and Israeli &#8220;war crimes&#8221; to actions by the Taliban and Hamas.</p>
<p class="speakable">The statement was part of an internecine war of words within the Democratic Party, with some leftist members of the caucus supporting Omar against attacks by the leadership.</p>
<p>Omar issued a statement Thursday clarifying her comments after she was met with a flood of criticism from not only Republicans on the Hill, but from members of her own party.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/squad-reps-rally-defense-ilhan-omar-after-dems-allegedly-anti-semitic-comments" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>&#8216;SQUAD&#8217; REPS RALLY TO DEFENSE OF ILHAN OMAR AFTER FELLOW DEMS LAMBASTE HER OVER ISRAEL COMMENTS</strong></a></p>
<p>&#8220;To be clear: the conversation was about accountability for specific incidents regarding those ICC (International Criminal Court) cases, not a moral comparison between Hamas and the Taliban and the U.S. and Israel,&#8221; Omar said Thursday.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>In a statement led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and joined by five other elected House Democratic leaders, the top officials thanked Omar for her clarification but warned against making drastic comparisons.</p>
<p>&#8220;Drawing false equivalencies between democracies like the U.S. and Israel and groups that engage in terrorism like Hamas and the Taliban foments prejudice and undermines progress toward a future of peace and security for all,&#8221; the group wrote.</p>
<p>&#8220;We welcome the clarification by Congresswoman Omar that there is no moral equivalency between the U.S. and Israel and Hamas and the Taliban,&#8221; the statement concluded.</p>
<p>The immense backlash came after the congresswoman questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a House Foreign Affairs Committee about ICC investigations into U.S. and Israeli actions in Afghanistan and the Palestinian territories.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ilhan-omar-israel-america-hamas-taliban-unthinkable-atrocities" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>ILHAN OMAR SAYS AMERICA, LIKE HAMAS AND THE TALIBAN, HAS COMMITTED &#8216;UNTHINKABLE ATROCITIES&#8217;</strong></a></p>
<p>She later posted a tweet of their exchange and said, &#8220;We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban,&#8221; wrote Omar. &#8220;I asked @SecBlinken where people are supposed to go for justice.&#8221;</p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban. I asked </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1401985884191404041%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Ftop-dems-rebuke-ilhan-omar-for-us-israel-comparison-to-terrorist-groups-no-moral-equivalency" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@SecBlinken</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> where people are supposed to go for justice.</p>
<p></span>See video <a href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1401985884191404041">here</a>.</p>
<p>Some left-wing Democrats lined up with Omar.</p>
<p>New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned the attacks from fellow Democrats, calling them a &#8220;mischaracterization&#8221; and dangerous.</p>
<p>&#8220;Pretty sick &amp; tired of the constant vilification, intentional mischaracterization, and public targeting of Rep. Ilhan Omar coming from our caucus,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1403023312087879681" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she said</a>.</p>
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<p>&#8220;They have no concept for the danger they put her in by skipping private conversations &amp; leaping to fueling targeted news cycles around her.&#8221;</p>
<p>Fellow &#8220;squaders&#8221; Rep. Ayanna Pressley and <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1403016993431867392" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Cori Bush</a> also threw their support behind Omar Thursday.</p>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-dems-rebuke-ilhan-omar-for-us-israel-comparison-to-terrorist-groups-no-moral-equivalency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-dems-rebuke-ilhan-omar-for-us-israel-comparison-to-terrorist-groups-no-moral-equivalency</a></p>
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		<title>Biden keeps U.S. refugee cap at Trump-era 15,000 &#8211; for now</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday limiting U.S. refugee admissions this year to the historically low 15,000 cap set under his predecessor Donald Trump, shelving a plan to raise it to 62,500 and drawing the ire of refugee &#8230; <a class="kt-excerpt-readmore" href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/biden-keeps-u-s-refugee-cap-at-trump-era-15000-for-now/" aria-label="Biden keeps U.S. refugee cap at Trump-era 15,000 &#8211; for now">Read More</a></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/biden-keeps-u-s-refugee-cap-at-trump-era-15000-for-now/">Biden keeps U.S. refugee cap at Trump-era 15,000 – for now</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org">Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association</a>.</p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-0">President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday limiting U.S. refugee admissions this year to the historically low 15,000 cap set under his predecessor Donald Trump, shelving a plan to raise it to 62,500 and drawing the ire of refugee advocates and some Democratic lawmakers.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-1">But as criticism mounted, the White House issued a statement saying Biden would set a &#8220;final, increased refugee cap&#8221; for the remainder of this fiscal year by May 15.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-2">Biden&#8217;s order to limit admissions to 15,000 was a blow to advocacy groups that wanted the Democratic president to move swiftly to reverse the refugee policies of the Republican Trump, who had set the figure as a way to limit immigration.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-3">The program for admitting refugees is distinct from the asylum system for migrants. Refugees must be vetted while still overseas and cleared for entry to the U.S., unlike migrants who arrive at a U.S. border and then request asylum.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-4">Biden, who took office in January, had signaled two months ago plans to raise the cap during the 2021 fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, but held off on actually doing so.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-5">The president&#8217;s cautious approach appears to have been tied to concerns over the optics of admitting more refugees at a time of rising numbers of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, and to not wanting to look &#8220;too open&#8221; or &#8220;soft,&#8221; another U.S. official with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-6">Criticism was swift. &#8220;Facing the greatest refugee crisis in our time there is no reason to limit the number to 15,000. Say it ain&#8217;t so, President Joe,&#8221; said U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, the second-highest-ranking Democrat in the Senate. Advocates say the two groups of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, are distinct and that resettlement was long neglected under Trump.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-7">Hours later as the complaints flowed in, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement the original announcement had been &#8220;the subject of some confusion&#8221; and that a final refugee cap for the year would be set by May 15.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-8">Psaki said Biden&#8217;s &#8220;initial goal of 62,500 seems unlikely&#8221; between now and the end of the fiscal year on Oct. 1, &#8220;given the decimated refugee admissions program we inherited.&#8221;</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-9">Republicans have blamed Biden for the situation at the border, faulting his moves to reverse other Trump-era hardline immigration policies.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-10">Biden pledged in February to increase the number of refugees admitted in the next fiscal year to 125,000.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-11">Under the presidential determination signed by Biden, the United States will offer refugee status to a wider part of the world than had been allowed by Trump by changing the allocation of refugee slots, the senior administration official said.</p>
<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="" src="https://cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/VC33DGNWFVOG7CB6ZB6PQAJES4.jpg" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Russia in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner" width="683" height="455" /><br />
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Russia in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner</p>
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<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-11"><img decoding="async" class="" src="https://cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/U42RSSU4NZLKFPJY6WJWF4EO5Q.jpg" alt="U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 27, 2021.  REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC281M9NH5NG" width="683" height="456" /><br />
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts &#8211; RC281M9NH5NG</p>
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<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-12">Under Biden&#8217;s new plan, the 15,000 slots would be allocated this way: 7,000 for Africa, 1,000 for East Asia, 1,500 for Europe and Central Asia, 3,000 from Latin America and the Caribbean, 1,500 from the Near East and South Asia, and 1,000 for an unallocated reserve.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-13">&#8216;UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE&#8217;</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-14">Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter that the cap was &#8220;completely and utterly unacceptable.&#8221;</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-15">&#8220;Biden promised to welcome immigrants, and people voted for him based on that promise,&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez wrote.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-16">Democratic U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal called Biden&#8217;s decision not to raise Trump&#8217;s &#8220;harmful, xenophobic and racist refugee cap&#8221; unconscionable.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-17">Stephen Miller, an immigration hardliner and White House adviser under Trump, said on Twitter that Biden was likely concerned that border issues could lead to losses for Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections. Miller said he would favor &#8220;zero&#8221; refugee admissions.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-18">Refugee advocates called the decision unjustified given that there are around 35,000 refugees who have already been vetted for security and cleared for entry to the United States, with a total of about 100,000 at various stages in the pipeline.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-19">Refugee groups previously expressed frustration that Biden had delayed issuing the cap for months, which left refugees who were scheduled to travel stranded. Mark Hetfield, president of the HIAS resettlement agency, said around 700 flights were canceled due to the holdup.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-20">&#8220;One can&#8217;t help but guess that they are conflating the refugee issue with what is happening at the border with the refugee program, which is a real disservice,&#8221; Hetfield told Reuters.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-21">An increasing number of families and unaccompanied minors from Central America, many seeking asylum, have been among those detained at the border in recent months. The refugee program offers a pathway for people to apply abroad to resettle in the United States. Advocates were dismayed by the small number of slots for Central Americans in the announced cap.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-22">Refugee admissions reached historic lows under Trump, who portrayed refugees as a security threat and made limiting the number of immigrants allowed into the United States a hallmark of his presidency.</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-23">The International Rescue Committee refugee advocacy group called Biden&#8217;s action &#8220;a disturbing and unjustified retreat.&#8221;</p>
<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs" data-testid="paragraph-24">If resettlement continues at the current pace, the group said, Biden &#8220;is on track to resettle the lowest number of refugees of any president in U.S. history.&#8221;</p>
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<p class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">Our Standards: <a class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__medium___1ocDap Text__large___1i0u1F Link__underline_default___MkI7S8" href="https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>View of gathering halls in Ashraf 3 during Free Iran Global Summit with Maryam Rajavi – Ashraf 3, July 17, 2020. On Friday, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and the MEK held its annual “Free Iran” gathering. This year, due &#8230; <a class="kt-excerpt-readmore" href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/as-israelis-give-up-on-peace-deal-democrats-solution-would-destroy-jewish-state-2/" aria-label="As Israelis give up on peace deal, Democrats’ ‘solution’ would destroy Jewish state">Read More</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="" src="https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/View-of-gathering-halls-in-Ashraf-3-during-Free-Iran-Global-Summit-with-Maryam-Rajavi-%E2%80%93-Ashraf-3-July-17-2020..jpg" alt="Growing Support for Iranian Resistance Poses an Existential Threat to the Clerical Regime " width="741" height="417" /><br />
View of gathering halls in Ashraf 3 during Free Iran Global Summit with Maryam Rajavi – Ashraf 3, July 17, 2020.</p>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">On Friday, the<a href="https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/our-resistance" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)</a>, and the <a href="https://english.mojahedin.org/i/free-iran-2020-historic-achievement-20200719" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MEK</a> held its annual “Free Iran” gathering. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, </span><span data-contrast="auto"><a href="https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/free-iran-global-summit-solidarity-with-the-iranian-peoples-uprising-support-for-resistance-units-and-the-liberation-army/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Free Iran Global Summit”</a> was held online, connecting over 30,000 locations from above 100 countries around the globe. </span><span data-contrast="auto">Nearly 1,000 renowned politicians participated in this </span><span data-contrast="auto">conference reiterating their support of the Iranian </span><span data-contrast="auto">people and their organized resistance movem</span><span data-contrast="auto">ent. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span><span id="more-222559"></span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Local gatherings </span><span data-contrast="auto">were</span><span data-contrast="auto"> held in compliance with public health protocols in each of 102 countries, and many of these feature</span><span data-contrast="auto">d</span><span data-contrast="auto"> speeches not only from Iranian dissidents but also from political supporters representing a wide range of political parties and professional backgrounds.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">In New York</span><span data-contrast="auto">, </span><span data-contrast="auto">former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani</span> <span data-contrast="auto">s</span><span data-contrast="auto">poke in</span><span data-contrast="auto"> support of the <a href="https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/our-resistance" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NCRI</a>, as former Senators Joseph Lieberman and Robert Torricelli, as well as former Attorney General Michael Mukasey. </span><span data-contrast="auto">Even on their own, these four men represent the ideological diversity of the Americans who have come to view the <a href="https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/our-resistance" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NCRI</a> as a viable alternative for the existing regime. But they are only four out of dozens of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents who </span><span data-contrast="auto">attended NCRI’s Free Iran Global</span> <span data-contrast="auto">S</span><span data-contrast="auto">ummit</span><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">As the Iranian regime grapples with a domestic and international crisis, the Iranian Resistance and its goal of regime change in Iran </span><span data-contrast="auto">have been receiving international support. </span><span data-contrast="auto">The crisis-ridden regime</span> <span data-contrast="auto">has been desperately pursuing a demonization campaign of the Iranian </span><span data-contrast="auto">Resistance to discredit its viable alternative. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The regime’s commitment to this disinformation scheme, as well as its various attacks and attempted attacks on NCRI assets throughout the world, </span><span data-contrast="auto">confirms that</span><span data-contrast="auto"> the Resistance poses an existential threat to Iran’s theocratic dictatorship. In a tweet confirming his participation in Friday’s summit, Rudy Giuliani highlighted this perception by saying, “</span><span data-contrast="auto">There are real possibilities for a free and non-nuclear Iran.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The prospect of freedom for the Iranian people should be a prominent motivator for all politicians and all governments that truly value democracy and human rights. But </span><span data-contrast="auto">of course,</span><span data-contrast="auto"> concerns over Iran’s potential nuclear capability have dominated headlines to a much greater extent in recent years. This is especially true in light of last month’s statement by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors, which demanded that Iran return to full compliance with restrictions imposed on its nuclear activities in 2016.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The future of the underlying nuclear agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, is very much up in the air. But ever since it was signed, the <a href="https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/our-resistance" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NCRI</a> has maintained the position that no such agreement could be expected to truly prevent the mullahs’ regime from continuing its pursuit of a nuclear bomb. The past several year’s summer gatherings have made it clear that the solution to this problem, like the solution to most of Iran’s domestic problems, can only be found in the wake of regime change.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">However, the western governments have prioritized their short-time economic interests over </span><span data-contrast="auto">once and for all end the Iranian regime’s threats by recognizing the Iranian people’s right to resistance and overthrow</span><span data-contrast="auto"> of this regime</span><span data-contrast="auto">. </span><span data-contrast="auto">The Free Iran Global Summit on Friday confirmed that</span><span data-contrast="auto"> the regime has only </span><span data-contrast="auto">grown more belligerent since the conclusion of the nuclear deal, and especially in recent months. </span><span data-contrast="auto">Its systematic and complete violations of the imposed restrictions are definitive proof of its unshakeable commitment to the nuclear project.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">If “maximum pressure” over this issue was not enough to force reconsideration, the additional challenges of the coronavirus pandemic should have been. But even now that the outbreak has reportedly claimed<a href="https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/iran-coronavirus-virus-death-toll-in-346-cities-exceeds-72700/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> over 70,000</a> Iranian lives, Tehran remains unwilling to redirect money away from confrontational projects and toward the vital needs of the domestic population</span><span data-contrast="auto">. In other words, the regime </span><span data-contrast="auto">prioritizes</span><span data-contrast="auto"> its illicit activities over the Iranian people’s lives. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The </span><span data-contrast="auto">western governments should end the appeasement policy </span><span data-contrast="auto">to end the </span><span data-contrast="auto">Iranian regime’s ongoing malign </span><span data-contrast="auto">activities.</span><span data-contrast="auto"> Meanwhile</span><span data-contrast="auto">, the Iranian Resistance has </span><span data-contrast="auto">been insisting on a non-nuclear and a secular government in Iran. </span><span data-contrast="auto">In 2018, </span><span data-contrast="auto"><a href="https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/our-resistance" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NCRI</a> </span><span data-contrast="auto">President</span><span data-contrast="auto">-elect, Mrs.</span><span data-contrast="auto"><a href="https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/maryam-rajavi/14237-maryam-rajavi" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Maryam Rajavi</a> told lawmakers in Washington, “We want a non-nuclear Iran, free of weapons of mass destruction.” And in fact, this is one item on </span><span data-contrast="auto">Mrs. Rajavi’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> longstanding “10-point plan” for Iran’s future in the wake of the mullahs’</span><span data-contrast="auto"> overthrow.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The rest of that plan includes all of the principles, such as free elections and separation of religion from the state, that make up the unifying character of modern democracies. Americans and Europeans should have no difficulty supporting such a cause, especially if its advocates are genuinely capable of leading the ouster of the current establishment and erecting a new government in its place. The Free Iran Global Summit demonstrate</span><span data-contrast="auto">d</span><span data-contrast="auto"> that capability, in part by highlighting the protests that have challenged the clerical regime in the name of the democratic Resistance.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Since the end of 2017, Iran has undergone three nationwide uprisings. As a result, leading Iranian</span><span data-contrast="auto"> regime’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> officials have begun speaking out over the threat posed by the </span><a href="https://english.mojahedin.org/i/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-contrast="auto">People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, whose social influence they had simply denied for the preceding 30 years. If </span><span data-contrast="auto">the Iranian people’s right to resistance be</span><span data-contrast="auto"> recognized by Western policymakers, those officials’ statements could lead to the next great leap forward in international awareness of the “real possibilities” for an Iranian government that not only eschews weapons of mass destruction but also affords its own people the freedoms they have been denied throughout the nation’s modern history.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Too many past opportunities were squandered amidst the </span><span data-contrast="auto">appeasement policy toward the Iranian regime</span><span data-contrast="auto">. </span><span data-contrast="auto">The Iranian regime is riddled with crisis, the Iranian people have shown their willingness to overthrow this regime. The Free Iran Global Summit showed there is a </span><span data-contrast="auto">viable alternative to the Iranian regime. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Now is the time to ramp up that pressure</span><span data-contrast="auto"> on the regime</span><span data-contrast="auto"> even further. And there is no better first step toward maximum pressure than formal recognition of the Iranian people’s right to fight back against the tyranny of the mullahs’ regime. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"><br />
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/MIDEAST_PALESTINIANS_WEST_BANK_PROTEST.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618&amp;h=410&amp;crop=1" alt="A Palestinian protester throws stones against Israeli soldiers during a protest in the West Bank City of Hebron." width="733" height="486" /><br />
A Palestinian protester throws stones at Israeli soldiers during a protest in the West Bank city of Hebron.</p>
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<p>As Israelis increasingly write off the chances of a peace deal with Palestinian Arabs any time in the foreseeable future, the US Democratic Party is increasingly in thrall to a fantasy “solution” that would destroy the Jewish state.</p>
<p>Top Democratic Mideast-policy people like Obama-era National Security Council officials Ben Rhodes and Robert Malley — the folks likely to set the agenda for a Joe Biden administration — actually praised writer Peter Beinart’s outrageous call last week to strip Israel of its status as a Jewish nation in order to (theoretically, at least) make it a “home” for Palestinians and Jews alike, as <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/13/democrats-turn-toward-a-solution-that-means-the-end-of-israel/">Jonathan Tobin noted</a> in these pages.</p>
<p>It’s certainly true that Palestinian leaders have turned down countless proposals for a “two-state solution,” but that hardly justifies any hope that they’d live peacefully with Israelis in a unified state — not after decades of propaganda about the inherent evil of the Jews.</p>
<p>Israelis have grown deeply skeptical (and weary) of efforts to find a viable peace deal. That’s a key reason why the Labor party has collapsed. Indeed, the fact that voters last March overwhelmingly backed coalitions headed by a security hawk, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a centrist, Benny Gantz, shows that voters there have little hope that any genuine agreement is possible for now.</p>
<p>Yet for Jews all over, it’s hard to imagine a greater blow than what would be, in effect, the destruction of modern-day Israel, a nation set up to protect them after the Holocaust and after centuries of anti-Semitic persecution across the world.il</p>
<p>With no military force of their own under a “one-state solution,” and birth rates that would soon make Arabs the clear majority, Jews would be back to their pre-Nazi days, politically.</p>
<p>That fits fine with the dreams of a rising Democratic faction of young Israel-haters and anti-Semites, <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/08/15/us-ambassador-supports-and-respects-israeli-decision-to-ban-omar-tlaib/">like Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib</a>.</p>
<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) is also part of the group. She and a dozen fellow Dems last month <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/06/30/aoc-leads-opposition-of-israels-annexation-of-west-bank/">called for restrictions on US military aid</a> to Israel if it annexes areas of the West Bank. Folks can disagree about such plans, but restricting aid should be a bipartisan nonstarter, given the threats Israel faces and its importance as a US ally.</p>
<p>New York Democratic voters <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/17/progressive-jamaal-bowman-defeats-rep-eliot-engel-in-upset/">ousted staunch Israel-backer Rep. Eliot Engel</a> last month in favor of AOC-backed Jamaal Bowman, whose pro-Israel bona fides are dubious, at best.</p>
<p>Hostility toward Israel isn’t new among Democrats. At their 2012 convention, the floor booed the idea of recognizing the reality that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. In 2016, they fought over Palestinian rights, with Sen. Bernie Sanders leading the anti-Israel charge.</p>
<p>But the hostility has grown, as top presidential contenders boycotted the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference and threatened to use aid to pressure Israel.</p>
<p>Biden, meanwhile, was part of the team that forged an Iran nuclear deal that put Israel’s very existence at risk. If he wins in November, he’ll likely undo all President Trump’s pro-Israel steps.</p>
<p>What’s most notable, though, is that US Democrats aren’t just parting with US Republicans — but with the people of Israel.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="underline">AIPAC launches campaign against their letter, also signed by Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Betty McCollum of Minnesota.</p>
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY., left, testifies before the House Oversight Committee hearing on family separation and detention centers, Friday, July 12, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>
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<p>WASHINGTON (JTA) — Four progressive House Democrats have written to the secretary of state calling on the United States to cut assistance to Israel should it proceed to annex parts of the West Bank.</p>
<p>In response, the AIPAC lobby has launched a campaign against the letter initiated by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Betty McCollum of Minnesota.</p>
<p>The letter, AIPAC said Monday on Twitter, “explicitly threatens the U.S.-Israel relationship in ways that would damage American interests, risk the security of Israel &amp; make a two-state solution less likely.”</p>
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<p>An action alert urged activists from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to contact their representatives to oppose the letter.</p>
<p>The letter to Mike Pompeo is circulating among Democrats in a bid to add signatures.</p>
<p class="fi_inContectMark">“Should the Israeli government move forward with the planned annexation with this administration’s acquiescence, we will work to ensure non-recognition as well as pursue conditions on the $3.8 billion in U.S. military funding to Israel, including human rights conditions and withholding funds for the off-shore procurement of Israeli weapons equal to or exceeding the amount the Israeli government spends annually to fund settlements, as well as the policies and practices that sustain and enable them,” it says, according to a copy obtained by <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2020/06/four-progressive-congresswomen-circulate-letter-threatening-to-condition-aid-to-israel-over-annexation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jewish Insider</a>.</p>
<p class="fi_inContectMark">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he plans to launch the process to annex parts of the West Bank by July 1. His coalition partner, the Blue and White Party, is resisting pressure to move so soon.</p>
<p class="fi_inContectMark">Last week, 191 of 233 Democrats in the House signed a letter warning Israel that annexation would endanger peace. AIPAC also opposed that letter, which expressed a commitment to the US-Israel relationship and did not include any threats to aid. The lobby, however, was unable to stop some of the House’s most stalwart pro-Israel Democrats from signing.</p><p>The post <a href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/ocasio-cortez-and-tlaib-among-4-dems-calling-to-cut-aid-if-annexation-goes-ahead/">Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib among 4 Dems calling to cut aid if annexation goes ahead</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org">Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association</a>.</p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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<p>&#8216;I can’t explain it to the American people through Congress since it’s hard to do in a five- or six-minute [television] hit,&#8217; he said.</p>
<p>Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) chief Tom Homan is out with a book, which he said lays out the immigration debate before the American people and “sets the record straight” about his own positions on border security.</p>
<p>Homan <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Defend-Border-Save-Lives-Humanitarian-ebook/dp/B07V1LR763" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">just released</a> “Defend the Border and Save Lives: Solving Our Most Important Humanitarian and Security Crisis,” which dives into the always-controversial topic of immigration. Homan, who spent a career in law enforcement and, most recently, as the acting director of ICE, spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation about what’s inside the book and what drove him to write it.</p>
<p>“I’m a cop. I never thought I’d write a book, but I wrote it pretty much out of frustration,” Homan told the DCNF.</p>
<p>The former ICE chief said that the complex issues taking place at the border can’t be explained in a short segment on television, nor can they be explained on the Hill, where he said the discussion on immigration enforcement quickly turns into a <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/26/thomas-homan-pramila-jayapal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shouting match</a> with lawmakers.</p>
<p>“So since I can’t explain it to the American people through Congress since it’s hard to do in a five- or six-minute [television] hit, I said, ‘I’ll write a book and explain to the American people the underbelly of illegal immigration,&#8217;” Homan said.</p>
<p>The main point that Homan hopes readers take away from reading his book: that illegal immigration is not a victimless crime.</p>
<p>“I wanted to identify to the American people that illegal immigration is not a victimless crime. Here’s why you should care. Here’s what’s wrong, and here’s how we fix it,” the longtime immigration officer said. “It’s not hard to fix.”</p>
<p>Homan noted that, even for illegal aliens who enter the country and do not commit any violent crimes, many of them have to pay a cartel or smuggling organization to transport them to the U.S. border — essentially bankrolling violent organizations.</p>
<p>He added that 31% of women are raped on their journey to the U.S.-Mexico border and that Border Patrol agents rescued more than 4,000 individuals in 2019 who would have <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/17/border-patrol-migrant-rescues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">otherwise perished</a> in the desert or drowned in the Rio Grande. Allowing illegal immigration to continue will only fuel such dangerous conditions.</p>
<p>Homan certainly speaks from a perch of deep experience in law enforcement.</p>
<p>He served as a police officer in New York before joining what was then called the Immigration and Naturalization Service — the agency was changed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He also served as a Border Patrol agent and was later appointed by former President Barack Obama to be executive associate director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2013.</p>
<p>He then served as the acting director of ICE from January 2017 to June 2018, the first ICE chief under the Trump administration, before retiring from government.</p>
<p>The former ICE director, who works as a <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/16/thomas-homan-anti-ice-protesters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">contributor</a> for Fox News and frequents congressional hearings, said not everyone is going to enjoy his book.</p>
<p>“When you read this book, Nancy Pelosi is not going to like it, AOC is not going to like it. The people on the far left of the game are not going to like it,” he said.</p>
<p>Homan added: “I explain what [Border Patrol and ICE does], and most importantly what they don’t do. They never arrested anybody in church, they never arrested in the hospital. But the left wants to think that. It’s my intent to put the false narrative to bed.”</p>
<p>Going beyond the immigration debate in Washington, D.C., Homan noted the personal excerpts in the book and how it details what he’s witnessed in his more than 30 years in law enforcement.</p>
<p>“If they’ve seen what I’ve seen for 34 years, they’d understand why I’m emotional about this issue and they would understand why I take the position that I do,” he said. “They don’t understand what’s going on behind the scenes.”</p>
<p>“A lot of people say I’m a racist. I’m here to set the record straight,” he said. “My book talks about who Tom Homan is and how Tom Homan became the guy they see out there.”</p>
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