The Biden administration is mulling bringing certain Palestinians from Gaza to the United States as refugees, according to internal government documents obtained by CBS News.
Senior officials across several federal agencies have in recent weeks discussed the feasibility of different options to resettle Palestinians from the war-torn region who have immediate family members who are permanent U.S. residents or American citizens, the documents show.
The inter-agency planning documents show that top U.S. officials have also floated the idea of admitting additional Palestinians as refugees if they have American relatives. Israel launched a bombardment of Gaza and a ground offensive after Hamas carried out a brutal unprovoked attack on the Jewish state on Oct. 7, killing approximately 1,200 people. Hamas militants also abducted more than 200 people, many of whom remain captive in Gaza.
Fewer than 600 of the more than 400,000 refugees the U.S. has resettled in the past 10 years were Palestinian. According to State Department statistics, 56 Palestinians were admitted to the U.S. in fiscal year 2023, which is 0.09% of the more than 60,000 refugees admitted in those 12 months.
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