Lets go even further into the bullshit narrative being pushed by Dems and the media since ya'll don't seem to get it...
THIS is on the books /right/ now, and has been, part of title 8 1157 -
8 USC 1157: Annual admission of refugees and admission of emergency situation refugees
Establishing Categories of Aliens for Purposes of Refugee Determinations
"(a) In General.-In the case of an alien who is within a category of aliens established under subsection (b), the alien may establish, for purposes of admission as a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1157], that the alien has a
well-founded fear of persecution on account of race,
religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion by asserting such a fear and asserting a credible basis for concern about the possibility of such persecution.
"(b) Establishment of Categories.-
"(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Coordinator for Refugee Affairs, shall establish-
"(A) one or more categories of aliens who are or were nationals and residents of an independent state of the former Soviet Union or of Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania and who share common characteristics that
identify them as targets of persecution in that state on account of race,
religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion,[;]
"(B) one or more categories of aliens who are or were nationals and residents of Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia and who share common characteristics that identify them as targets of persecution in such respective foreign state on such an account; and
"(C) one or more categories of aliens who are or were nationals and residents of the Islamic Republic or Iran who,
as members of a religious minority in Iran, share common characteristics that identify them as targets of persecution in that state on account of race,
religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
"(2)(A) Aliens who are (or were) nationals and residents of an independent state of the former Soviet Union or of Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania and
who are Jews or Evangelical Christians shall be deemed a category of alien established under paragraph (1)(A).
"(B) Aliens who are (or were) nationals of an independent state of the former Soviet Union or of Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania and who are current members of, and
demonstrate public, active, and continuous participation (or attempted participation) in the religious activities of, the Ukrainian Catholic Church or the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, shall be deemed a category of alien established under paragraph (1)(A).
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More to come, I'll flood you idiots with evidence that religious persecution as standing for higher priority refugee classification is nothing new and maybe you'll get it.
