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Immigration,
Government

Apr. 20, 2018

Sponsored Iranians sue US after being denied entry

A group of Iranians and their U.S. family members are suing the federal government after they were not allowed to come to the U.S. as refugees under a special program.

A group of Iranians and their U.S. family members are suing the federal government after they were not allowed to come to the U.S. as refugees under a special program.

As many as 90 Iranian religious minorities were not allowed into the U.S. after their family members had sponsored them to come to the U.S. under the Vienna Lautenberg-Specter program designed to bring certain Iranians to the U.S. after processing in Austria, accordin...

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