by ATFL | Jan 31, 2022 | Announcement, Statements & Announcements
ATFL and the Middle East Institute (MEI) have announced that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) will make opening remarks at the February 1st webinar launch event for their policy brief, “Helping the Lebanese People Move Towards Recovery: Recommendations for US...
by ATFL | Jan 19, 2022 | Announcement, Statements & Announcements
At a meeting with senior State Department officials yesterday, the leadership of American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL), a leadership organization of Americans of Lebanese descent, and the president of the Middle East Institute (MEI), the oldest Washington based...
by ATFL | Dec 10, 2021 | Statement, Statements & Announcements
The American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL) commends Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib for introducing H.R.6095 – To designate Lebanon under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit Lebanese nationals in the US to be eligible for temporary protected...
by ATFL | Nov 23, 2021 | Statement, Statements & Announcements
United States Congressmen Darin LaHood, Darrell Issa, and Dan Kildee, spent three days in Lebanon accompanied by Ed Gabriel, the President of the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL), which sponsored the trip. Joined by Dorothy Shea, the United States Ambassador to...
by ATFL | Oct 15, 2021 | Statement, Statements & Announcements
The American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL) urges the Biden Administration to reconsider the decision by the Department of Homeland Security to refuse Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation to Lebanese visitors in the US. TPS, based on a Congressional statute,...
by ATFL | Aug 23, 2021 | Statement, Statements & Announcements
The American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL) expresses its concern that there be a transparent assignment and distribution of Lebanon’s SDR asset worth as much as $1.2 billion. This is key to both preventing further price distortion of essential goods and to ensuring...