This amendment would exclude three categories of individuals from the bill's provisions: First, the disabled; second, religious minorities fleeing religious persecution from certain countries; and, finally, Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion.
Castro proposes an amendment to protect vulnerable groups from being sent back.
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