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U.S. denies refuge to friends, the abused; They are misidentified as supporters of terrorist groups.(NEWS)(WASHINGTON)(Editorial)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20070110
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Franz Kafka, Czech writer of the surreal and absurd, could have imagined this, perhaps: A young Hmong man fights with Americans against the Communist Laotian government. Decades later, he is accepted into the United States as a refugee. But he can't get a green card that will allow him to remain permanently and work in the United States. He's run afoul of an anti-terrorism law prohibiting asylum for people who have provided "material support" to terrorists. Incredibly, he's not alone, a situation that requires the remedial action promised by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman ...

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