US easing immigration rule for terrorist support

By Alicia Caldwell

Published February 10, 2014 5:00am ET

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US easing immigration rule for terrorist support — Real estate agent Morteza Assadi, 49, in his home in Vienna, Va. The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum seekers, refugees and others who hope to come to the United States or stay here and who gave ``limitedâ support to terrorists or terrorist groups. For Assadi, the law has left him in a sort of immigration purgatory while his green card application has been on hold for more than a decade. (AP/Charles Dharapak) | Charles Dharapak

The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum-seekers, refugees and others who hope to come to the United States or stay here and who gave “limited” support to terrorists or terrorist groups.

The change is one of President Barack Obama’s first actions on immigration since he pledged during his State of the Union address last month to use more executive directives.

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