Hundreds of Democratic lawmakers have written to US President Joe Biden not to send back Palestinian citizens living in the US. They also demanded housing and work opportunities for Palestinians. But last week several Republican lawmakers proposed legislation to deport Palestinians in the country for security reasons.
The US is providing military and diplomatic support to Tel Aviv in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Although thousands of Palestinians including children were killed indiscriminately, the Biden administration is silent about them. However, US lawmakers are somewhat sympathetic to the Palestinians who have been oppressed in the months-long conflict. President Biden is in a lot of trouble in his own country.
In addition to not sending back Palestinians, Democratic lawmakers also demanded that they be allowed to live and work in the United States under the 'Temporary Protection Status' or 'Deferred Enforced Departure' program.
The letter states that their proposal is consistent with President Joe Biden's call for the protection of the common people of Palestine. However, the White House did not immediately comment on this.
The 'Temporary Protection Status' program is administered by the US Department of Homeland Security. It covers repatriation of nationals to countries in conflict; They are conditionally allowed to live and work in the United States.
However, several Republican lawmakers introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives last week to expel Palestinian citizens from the United States and deny entry to Palestinian passport holders. The proposal was brought on the charge that the Palestinians pose a threat to the security of the United States.
Foreign policy was highlighted by Republican nominees, Trump is not in the debate
While the Republican presidential hopefuls agree on support for Israel, they differ on Ukraine and China. The candidates took part in the party's third election debate and expressed their position on these issues. However, Donald Trump, who is ahead in the race for candidacy from the Republican party, did not participate in this debate.
On Thursday (November 9), NBC News reported that the battle of words is increasing as the US presidential election approaches. Candidates are presenting various assurances and plans to the common Americans.
The third debate of the Republican Party candidates took place in Miami, Florida on Wednesday (November 8). It featured Ron De Santis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie and Tim Scott. The most important in the debate is the position of the candidates on foreign policy.
While the Republican candidates agree on all forms of aid to Israel in the Israel-Hamas conflict, they differ on cooperation with Ukraine or their China policy.
Besides, they criticized the policy makers of the party for the consecutive defeats of the Republicans to the ruling Democratic Party. However, the issue of humanitarian aid for war-torn Gazans did not come up in the candidates' speeches.
Donald Trump, who is leading the race for the presidential nomination from the Republican party, did not participate in this debate. Rather, he participated in a rally in Florida.
At that time, Trump said that his rival candidates in the Republican party were weak and incompetent. Besides, the former US president commented that their debate is not worth watching.
US Senate stalls military aid to Israel
The Senate has blocked a bill passed by the US House of Representatives to provide emergency military aid to Israel amid the ongoing conflict. Reuters news.
Democrats blocked the proposal when it was brought up in the Senate on Tuesday (November 7).
Last week, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill to provide $14.3 billion in military aid to Israel. Among them, it is said to pay 400 billion dollars to buy Iron Dome and David Sling defense systems to counter short-range rocket attacks.
But the Republican members did not include any financial support for Ukraine in this bill. However, the Democrats want to provide financial support to Israel as well as Ukraine. As a result, many have warned that if the bill is raised in the Senate, it will face opposition from the Democrats.
Republican Senator Roger Marshall said, "Considering the time, the Senate should not delay at all in approving this urgent aid to Israel."
However, the Democrats have insisted on providing financial support to Israel as well as Ukraine, opposing such a proposal of the Republicans. Biden also sent a proposal to the US Congress for humanitarian aid, border security funding and $106 billion in aid to the Indo-Pacific region to counter China.
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