article_snippet.sent: So to say that it's impossible for the U.S. to evacuate their citizens is difficult to grasp," Billoo said.
article_snippet.sent: Responding to the criticism, the U.S. State Department told CNN that there are no current plans to evacuate private U.S. citizens from Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: "CNN encourage all the U.S. citizens to shelter in a secure location until all U.S. citizens are able to depart safely.
article_snippet.sent: the U.S. citizens wishing to depart should do so via commercial transportation options when U.S. citizens wishing to depart are available," a spokesman for the U.S. State Department told CNN in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: It still It doesn't sit well with many of us civil rights lawyers who believe that the U.S. citizenship should be the ultimate protection.