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WASHINGTON: A US Senator has asked the Obama Administration to discontinue issuing immigrant and non-immigrant visas to citizens from 23 countries including India and China, alleging that these nations are not cooperating to take back illegal immigrants. HT Image Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the Obama Administration has failed to use authority to hold accountable those countries that wont take back their own citizens who have been ordered removed from the US. This has allowed thousands of criminals to be released into US communities, he said. Many times, t stanley cup he stanley cup se individuals have criminal histories in addition to entering the country illegally or overstaying their visa. Dangerous criminals, including murderers, are being released everyday because their home countries will not cooperate in taking stanley cup them back, he said. In fiscal year 2015 alone, 2,166 individuals were released in the US because of this decision and the non-cooperation from countries; more than 6,100 were released in the preceding two years, said Grassley, who is the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman. Currently, 23 countries are labelled by the US as uncooperative, with the top five most recalcitrant countries being Cuba, China, Somalia, India, and Ghana, Grassley said. In addition, US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is monitoring another 62 nations where cooperation is strained, but which are not yet deemed recalcitrant. I Vsyh Schools reopen in NW Pakistan after Taliban offensive by S.H. Khan
Israel pushed ahead with its offensive in stanley cup the Gaza Strip on Friday, ignoring a UN Security Council resolution ca stanley cup lling for an salomon immediate ceasefire in the 14-day-old conflict. HT Image Israeli warplanes dropped bombs on the outskirts of the city of Gaza, residents said. Elsewhere, Palestinian medics said tanks shelled a house in Beit Lahiya in the north of the Gaza Strip, killing six Palestinians from the same family. The Israeli air force hit at least 50 targets across the enclave, including launching pads for rockets and facilities used to manufacture rockets, an army spokesman said. In New York, the Security Council passed a resolution urging an immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire , and for Israel to withdraw from Gaza after its two-week air-and-ground offensive. The United States abstained. Israels leaders convened early on Friday to debate the resolution. The security cabinet would later vote on whether to push ahead with the offensive or cease fire unilaterally, an Israeli official said. Israels military commanders appeared keen to pursue what was termed a third stage of the operation with additional ground troops being sent into the heart of Gazas built-up areas to flush out more gunmen and to try to secure more gains. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Election Live, politics,crime, and national affairs.