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Legislation Aims to Make U.S. Aid to Palestinian Refugee Agency Contingent on Reform
(JNS) Sean Savage - New legislation introduced in Congress is seeking to make American aid to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) - an agency solely dedicated to Palestinian refugees - contingent on reform. The UNRWA Reform and Refugee Support Act, introduced by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), "would return UNRWA to its original framework and address this false narrative of an inflated refugee population." U.S. funding would go to resettling those refugees that meet the standards of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act, which is how American law defines refugees. "UNRWA's twisted definition of refugee has made a mockery of both those who are true refugees in various conflicts around the world and those who are truly living in horrible conditions throughout the region, such as Syria," Lamborn said.