By Safire R. Sostre ·Updated July 20, 2022
President Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday to improve efforts in bringing home Americans who have been held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.
Drawing on the 2020 Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage Taking Accountability Act, the executive order authorizes the federal government to impose financial sanctions and visa bans on people who are believed to be involved in the wrongful detention of
