WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—July 24, 2015. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and U.S. Representatives Keith Ellison (D-MN) and David Cicilline (D-RI) today introduced legislation to enhance protections for refugees and asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution, hold accountable the perpetrators of religious freedom violations, and reauthorize and reform the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
“Our country has a long tradition of promoting religious freedom around the globe,” said Durbin. “As the world is…
