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    Reuters: Fewer Iraqis accept a US Visa program

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    Post by Rocky Tue 21 Aug 2018, 6:30 am

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Military officials within President Donald Trump's administration have warned of a sharp decline in the acceptance of Iraqi refugees who have helped America, Reuters reported.
    The Pentagon was concerned that the lack of safe haven would harm more Iraqis, many of whom worked as interpreters and other key tasks for US forces, the agency quoted officials familiar with the discussions as saying.
    The two officials told Reuters that a closed meeting of the White House last week was devoted to the Iraqi issue, focused heavily on the FBI's approach to conducting extensive background investigations of Iraqis classified by officials participating in the meeting as one of the reasons for declining acceptance of refugee applications.
    According to data provided by the State Department, only 48 Iraqis have been admitted to the United States this year through an asylum program for people who worked for the US government, while the total number of last year was more than 3,000, approaching 5100 in 2016.
    At last week's meeting, the officials examined the various security inquiries Iraqis are subjected to, including the investigation of the previous background of all refugees.
    They concluded that the obstacle lies in a separate process called "security advisory opinions" that apply to a group of men and women of a certain age from Iraq and 10 other countries, mostly in the Middle East and Africa.
    During the meeting, the FBI revealed that among a group of 88 Iraqis subjected to "security advisory opinions" there was dubious information about 87 of them.
    Current and former officials said this was a much higher rate than in previous years.
    FBI spokeswoman Kelsey Petranton declined to comment on the issue of Iraqi refugees.
    A spokeswoman for the State Department said on Saturday that the United States will continue to receive requests from Iraqis who have been involved in work with them to resettle them "while prioritizing the safety and security of the American people."
    Advocates of Iraqis who worked with the US government or companies say hundreds of them have been killed, wounded, kidnapped or threatened by their work and face a continuing threat in Iraq by anti-US armed groups.
    According to US government data, by the end of July there were more than 100,000 Iraqis applying through the Special Program for Refugees at different stages of the application process.
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