Richard Blumenthal: “The Iranian American Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit…”

“You would agree that the Islamic Republic of Iran is well known to detain, torture, even kill political dissidents, including evangelical Christians, would you not? Yes, Senator, they have done that. Yes. And last week, The Iranian American Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit alleging that the Trump administration has adopted a policy of collaborating with the Islamic Republic of Iran to provide details about asylum action applicants. This is the United States government providing information regularly and frequently to the Iranian government about Iranian nationals who are seeking asylum here in the United States.” (00:36–00:53)

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