Czech, US Leaders Seek to Help Christian Refugees

Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says his government is ready to agree to take in more than 150 Christians living in a refugee camp in Iraq.

Sobotka said the Iraqi Christians were forced to flee their homes from advancing Islamic State extremists. He said they approached the Czech Republic with a request for asylum through a non-governmental organization.

Sobotka said his country will work with non-governmental organizations to share the expenses of moving the families. But his proposal won't take effect until it is approved by the Czech government after talks at the United Nations.

Meanwhile, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., said Christians are facing genocide in the Middle East.

At a hearing Tuesday for "The Global Crisis of Religious Freedom," he warned ISIS is "targeting Christians for extinction."

"Our immigration policy from that part of the world should put anyone who is a target of genocide at the top of the list of priorities of being admitted to the United States," the California lawmaker said.

Rohrabacher said the United States needs to be a safe haven for those targeted believers.