By Jon Levine | New York Post
House Republicans are moving to introduce legislation to block the United States from accepting any new Palestinian refugees who may emerge from the current crisis in Gaza.
Experts told The Post that more than a million such refugees could be created as Israel continues its bombardment of the Hamas-controlled enclave, one of those most densely populated regions in the world.
Reps. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) and Andy Ogles (R-TN) told Breitbart News they planned to imminently introduce the “Guaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admission Act” or the GAZA Act in order to prevent the Biden administration from granting visas to any holder of a Palestinian passport.
The bill would also prevent the Department of Homeland Security from allowing Palestinians into the United States through the agency’s parole program.
“We can’t let President Biden abuse our parole and visa rules to bring unvetted Palestinians into American communities the way he did with thousands of unvetted Afghans,” Tiffany said in a posting to X Saturday.
“I introduced the GAZA Act to protect America’s national security.”
Some Palestinians infamously celebrated the 9/11 attacks against the United States in their immediate aftermath, and democratically elected Hamas to lead them in 2006.
Israel has vowed to eradicate the terrorist group.
Far-left lawmakers, like New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, and their allies have already begun saying the United States should take refugees from Gaza.
“The international community as well as the United States should be prepared to welcome refugees from Palestine while being very careful to vet and not allow members of Hamas,” Bowman told The Post.