The Administration has turned down a proposal to offer Egyptian Jewish refugees haven in this country under the emergency parole provision of the immigration act, it was learned here today. In effect, the Administration’s position is that the entire question of granting asylum in the U.S. to Egyptian Jewish refugees is a matter for Congress to handle.
The Administration’s views were expressed by Deputy Attorney General William P. Rogers in a letter to Republican Senators Clifford P. Case of New Jersey, and Irving M. Ives and Jacob K. Javits of New York. An exchange of letters between the three Senators and the Justice Department was released today by Senator Case.
The three Senators originally asked the Justice Department to “immediately” extend the parole provision of the immigration act to offer haven in the U.S. to Egyptian Jewish refugees. They pointed out that the Egyptian Jewish refugees “are no less deserving of sympathetic assistance” than the Hungarian refugees.
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