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Judi Lynn

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Mon Jul 5, 2021, 05:39 PM Jul 2021

State strips visas of 55 Central Americans engaged in corruption

BY RAFAEL BERNAL - 07/01/21 05:27 PM EDT

The State Department on Thursday released a list of 55 Central American officials, former officials, lawyers and business leaders who have engaged in corruption or anti-democratic acts and who will no longer be allowed to travel to the United States.

The list includes the former presidents of Guatemala and Honduras, as well as a handful of Salvadoran cabinet officials and more than a dozen sitting Honduran legislators.

"Overall it's a good solid start, I think the list sends a good message of the Biden administration's commitment and focus to support anti-corruption efforts in the region," said Adriana Beltrán, director of citizen security at WOLA, a hemispheric human rights think tank.

The State Department's broad designation comes as the Biden administration has taken its first steps to implement its strategy to attack the root causes of regional migration.

More:
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/561217-state-strips-visas-of-corrupt-central-americans

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State strips visas of 55 Central Americans engaged in corruption (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2021 OP
We could use that same process on members of our own congress. Chainfire Jul 2021 #1

Chainfire

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1. We could use that same process on members of our own congress.
Mon Jul 5, 2021, 05:59 PM
Jul 2021

Give them a free trip to Central America and while they are gone revoke their passports. I wonder how Maggot Traitor Green would do in El Salvador? Maybe we could stage a big, free, all expense paid trip to a Trump million man march rally in Honduras.

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