Democratic lawmakers called on President Joe Biden to revoke the visa of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying the United States should not offer refuge to anyone involved in riots against Brazil’s newly elected government. | AFP
“We must not allow Mr. Bolsonaro or any other former Brazilian officials to take refuge in the United States to escape justice for any crimes they may have committed when in office,” said the lawmakers, who included prominent progressive Joaquin Castro and Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The lawmakers also called on the Justice Department to hold accountable anyone in Florida who “may have financed or supported the violent crimes of January 8.”
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