Post by tecoyah on Oct 6, 2022 19:29:11 GMT
" Russians seek asylum in U.S. after landing on remote Alaskan island
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office said Thursday.
Karina Borger, a spokesperson for Murkowski, said by email that the office has been in communication with the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection and that “the Russian nationals reported that they fled one of the coastal communities on the east coast of Russia to avoid compulsory military service.”
Spokespersons with the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection each referred a reporter’s questions to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which did not immediately respond Thursday.
Alaska’s senators, Republicans Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, on Thursday said the individuals landed at a beach near Gambell, an isolated community of about 600 people on St. Lawrence Island. The statement doesn’t specify when the incident occurred though Sullivan said he was alerted to the matter by a “senior community leader from the Bering Strait region” on Tuesday morning.
A Sullivan spokesperson, Ben Dietderich, said it was the office’s understanding that the individuals had arrived by boat."
www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/2-russians-seek-asylum-in-u-s-after-landing-on-remote-alaskan-island/ar-AA12GeAI?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ec427865907e48f5e74ac6075e0545c0
Will Republicans call them "Illegals" too?
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office said Thursday.
Karina Borger, a spokesperson for Murkowski, said by email that the office has been in communication with the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection and that “the Russian nationals reported that they fled one of the coastal communities on the east coast of Russia to avoid compulsory military service.”
Spokespersons with the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection each referred a reporter’s questions to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which did not immediately respond Thursday.
Alaska’s senators, Republicans Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, on Thursday said the individuals landed at a beach near Gambell, an isolated community of about 600 people on St. Lawrence Island. The statement doesn’t specify when the incident occurred though Sullivan said he was alerted to the matter by a “senior community leader from the Bering Strait region” on Tuesday morning.
A Sullivan spokesperson, Ben Dietderich, said it was the office’s understanding that the individuals had arrived by boat."
www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/2-russians-seek-asylum-in-u-s-after-landing-on-remote-alaskan-island/ar-AA12GeAI?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ec427865907e48f5e74ac6075e0545c0
Will Republicans call them "Illegals" too?
