AHEPA Applauds Hellenic Caucus Letter to DHS Secretary

AHEPA applauds the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues for takingbipartisan action to urge the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide assistance for Greece as the latter stands at the frontline of the refugee crisis, announced Supreme President John W. Galanis.  The Caucus sent a letter signed by 32 U.S. representatives to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson that calls for DHS to provide technical guidance and assistance to Greece and its border control agencies to effectively deal with the crisis.

“AHEPA commends the Hellenic Caucus for taking swift action following October’s Summit on Greece to explore a substantive policy initiative that the American Hellenic community supports,” Galanis said. “With thenumber of sea arrivals of refugees to Greece exceeding a half million, and growing each day by the thousands, time is of the essence to assist Greece.  We hope the Caucus’ initiative will yield a favorable response from Homeland Security that leads to the U.S. government lending its expertise to help our valued ally, Greece. We sincerely appreciate the bipartisan backing from the legislators who signed the letter.”

During the past several weeks, AHEPA conveyed its support for the letter to congressional offices.

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