The U.S. State Department announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign government officials and agents who assist fugitives in evading the U.S. justice system. | Reuters
The Fallon Smart policy is named after a 15-year-old who was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Oregon in 2016, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in the statement, adding that the foreign national accused of causing Smart’s death fled the United States to avoid being tried for manslaughter.“The Department of State is committed to deterring and promoting accountability for extraordinary foreign government involvement in aiding fugitives to evade the U.S.
The Oregonian newspaper reported in 2018 that the man accused in Smart’s death, a Saudi Arabian national, likely fled the country with the assistance of the Saudi government.
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