US legislators voice concerns over Tunisia rights crackdown

In open letter, Congress members say ‘autocratic consolidation’ and the treatment of migrants threaten US-Tunisia relations.

United States legislators have warned of a “stark acceleration in Tunisia’s autocratic consolidation” under President Kais Saied, while decrying the Tunisian leader’s “repugnant, racist and xenophobic remarks about migrants”.

In a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week, members of the US House of Representatives urged President Joe…