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There, the group reportedly said onstage that “the Irish are not so longer persecuted under the Brits, but we were never bombed under the f— skies with nowhere to go.”

Easter is supposed to be a happy time, but all I can think of is the people who persecuted Jesus.

The United States used to be the kind of country that welcomed the persecuted, but I guess she didn’t see us as the best option.

Securing one can mean the difference between staying and removal to a country where they were persecuted, abused or abandoned by their parents.

She is also concerned for colleagues who may now be forced to return to hostile home countries, where they could be persecuted for their journalism.