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August 14, 2003
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The U.S. government should not deport asylum-seekers before their claims are processed, Jewish groups said. In a letter Wednesday to Attorney General John Ashcroft and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and a coalition of Jewish groups say the refugees should be allowed to stay temporarily even if they entered the United States with false documents.

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