Rep. Waters Demands U.S. State Department Provide Immediate Assistance for Americans Stranded in Morocco
March 19, 2020
In direct response to calls from her constituents, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanding that the Department provide immediate assistance to a resident of the 43rd District as well as approximately 3000 American citizens who are stranded in Morocco. The Trump administration has failed to provide guidance and assistance to Americans who are stranded in Morocco following the Moroccan government’s decision to close its border in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “It is absolutely shameful and utterly unconscionable that, in the time of a