This bill is an important expansion of sanctions authority in order to target the Iranian regime to discourage its widespread human rights abuses which have continued unabated since the signing off the JCPOA.
Cicilline emphasizes the need for expanded sanctions against Iran's human rights abuses.
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I am fearful that if we were to pass 1690 as it is drafted, it would not only really violate that long tradition of America being a place that welcomes people who are seeking asylum.
I think suggesting that the real answer is to export our responsibility to do that to another country or to make asylum seeking so difficult because you cannot work and you must stay in Mexico that people will not apply for it is not the…
Congress certainly has the authority to do that and I think that's one of the key issues for this Committee and the Congress to consider.
Thank you for your testimony and most importantly for the important work that you are doing.
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