Highlights 1 Most of the 1,400 Iraqis still remain at large. 3 They committed serious crimes including homicides. A federal judge in the US has halted deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqis, many of them Christians, who argued they would face persecution if expelled from the country. Some of the 1,400 Iraqis have faced deportation orders for years, even decades, but Iraq's refusal to accept them allowed them to remain in the US, Efe news reported. CASE FILED TO HALT DEPORTATIONAccording to the US authorities, they committed serious crimes, ranging from homicides to crimes related to drugs or weapons.

Source: India Today July 12, 2017 07:07 UTC