White House considers admitting some Palestinians from Gaza as refugees

The Biden administration is considering admitting certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees, a report by CBS News found.

Senior officials in several U.S. agencies have discussed the idea of resettling Palestinians from Gaza who have immediate family who are American citizens. One of the ideas proposed would be to use the United States Refugee Admissions Program to allow Palestinians who have U.S. ties and have escaped Gaza and are now in Egypt to enter the country as refugees, CBS News reported.