Thirty-five Republican senators are demanding President Joe Biden stop considering a plan to welcome Gazan refugees into the U.S.

The lawmakers’ comments came in a Thursday letter to Biden. Sparking their concerns was a report by CBS News that the administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees. The outlet attributed its information to internal federal government documents.

The senators wrote, “Your administration’s reported plan to accept Gazan refugees poses a national security risk to the United States. With more than a third of Gazans supporting the Hamas militants, we are not confident that your administration can adequately vet this high-risk population for terrorist ties and sympathies before admitting them into the United States.

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