WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led ten Senate Democrats in urging Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio to immediately end the Trump Administration's deportation flights to Iran.
Last month, it was reported (https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/politics/trump-administration-deports-iranians) that the Administration deported dozens of Iranians, many of whom could be persecuted, tortured, or even executed if forced to return to Iran. That reporting came amid massive demonstrations in Iran, the Iranian governme...