Post by ck4829 on Aug 27, 2017 12:59:14 GMT
For a high price.
A former campaign adviser to Donald Trump is offering to testify in court on behalf of Iraqi Christians in the United States who suddenly face deportation under the Republican president — for a hefty fee.
Walid Phares, a Lebanese-American academic, advised Trump on foreign affairs during the 2016 presidential campaign. He also has appeared on the Fox News and Fox Business channels to promote Trump’s national security policies, including the travel bans that would temporarily bar Iraqi Christian refugees, among others, from U.S. soil.
At the same time, Phares charges unusually high fees — up to $15,000 or more, according to lawyers — to testify in immigration proceedings about the dangers facing people deported to Iraq, where Christians and others with U.S. ties are often killed.
Activists who work with Iraqis in the U.S. are questioning Phares’ dual role as an advocate of Trump’s harsher immigration policies and a defender of those who are being affected. Some critics point out that the main reason Iraqis in America are now subject to deportation is because of the fallout from the Trump travel bans that Phares has supported. “This is a monster that he was part of creating, and now he’s asking people for thousands of dollars to help protect them from it,” said Steve Oshana, executive director of A Demand for Action, a group that helps Christians in the Middle East. “It’s a shame. It’s taking advantage of people when they’re at their most vulnerable.”
Read more: www.politico.com/story/2017/08/27/trump-adviser-iraq-deportations-242040
A former campaign adviser to Donald Trump is offering to testify in court on behalf of Iraqi Christians in the United States who suddenly face deportation under the Republican president — for a hefty fee.
Walid Phares, a Lebanese-American academic, advised Trump on foreign affairs during the 2016 presidential campaign. He also has appeared on the Fox News and Fox Business channels to promote Trump’s national security policies, including the travel bans that would temporarily bar Iraqi Christian refugees, among others, from U.S. soil.
At the same time, Phares charges unusually high fees — up to $15,000 or more, according to lawyers — to testify in immigration proceedings about the dangers facing people deported to Iraq, where Christians and others with U.S. ties are often killed.
Activists who work with Iraqis in the U.S. are questioning Phares’ dual role as an advocate of Trump’s harsher immigration policies and a defender of those who are being affected. Some critics point out that the main reason Iraqis in America are now subject to deportation is because of the fallout from the Trump travel bans that Phares has supported. “This is a monster that he was part of creating, and now he’s asking people for thousands of dollars to help protect them from it,” said Steve Oshana, executive director of A Demand for Action, a group that helps Christians in the Middle East. “It’s a shame. It’s taking advantage of people when they’re at their most vulnerable.”
Read more: www.politico.com/story/2017/08/27/trump-adviser-iraq-deportations-242040