WASHINGTON (AP) – A House Republican says Christians face genocide in the Middle East and should be allowed to immigrate to the United States.
California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher spoke Tuesday at a subcommittee hearing on “The Global Crisis of Religious Freedom.”
Rohrabacher said that in parts of the Mideast controlled by the Islamic State group, Christians “are being targeted for extinction.”
The California lawmaker said, “Our immigration policy from that part of the world should put anyone who is a target of genocide at the top of the list of priorities of being admitted to the United States.”
Rohrabacher said the U.S. should be a safe haven for those facing some of the world’s worst religious persecution.
