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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden’s administration is being pressed by a key Democratic lawmaker, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, to consider designating white supremacist groups overseas as foreign terrorists subject to U.S. government actions.
House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) questions witnesses during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing about worldwide threats to the homeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 17, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS
If Biden’s administration were to take the unprecedented step of listing such groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), or even a less-stringent designation, it would help curb dangerous white supremacist organizations, Slotkin argued in the letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which was reviewed by Reuters.
Slotkin asks Biden administration to label foreign white supremacists as terrorists
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Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., questions witnesses during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on worldwide threats to the homeland , Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 on Capitol Hill Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)AP
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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, is asking the Biden administration to designate overseas white supremacists as foreign terrorist organizations, giving the American government more tools to check their influence.
Slotkin identified 13 groups in a letter addressed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top national security and justice officials in the Biden administration. The Michigan congresswoman, who serves as chair on the House Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, also asked what responsibilities the U.S. has in helping the Canadian government track members of The Proud Boys an