We bombed their nation to rubble.
And now we don't the refugees we created?
When I was a child, my father said to me: “If anybody at school asks you where you’re from, say you’re an American.” I didn’t dare ask what provoked him to say this; I knew it had something to do with anti-Semitism. Kids whose relatives came from England didn’t seem to have any shyness about sharing that.
My grandfather Max came to the U.S. from Grodno, in what is now Poland. The Jewish community in Grodno was subsequently slaughtered. If my grandfather had stayed in Grodno, he likely would have been slaughtered too.
Some have used the attacks in Paris Friday to whip up a xenophobic hysteria against Syrian refugees. [1] Members of Congress say their phones are ringing with demands to keep Syrian refugees out, but not with voices insisting that America is a place of refuge from persecution. We need to speak up. Welcoming refugees is our moral obligation. It’s also our obligation under international law.
Help us turn the tide. Call your Representative NOW at (202) 224-3121.When you reach a staffer, you can say something like:
My grandfather Max came to the U.S. from Grodno, in what is now Poland. The Jewish community in Grodno was subsequently slaughtered. If my grandfather had stayed in Grodno, he likely would have been slaughtered too.
Some have used the attacks in Paris Friday to whip up a xenophobic hysteria against Syrian refugees. [1] Members of Congress say their phones are ringing with demands to keep Syrian refugees out, but not with voices insisting that America is a place of refuge from persecution. We need to speak up. Welcoming refugees is our moral obligation. It’s also our obligation under international law.
Help us turn the tide. Call your Representative NOW at (202) 224-3121.When you reach a staffer, you can say something like:
“We can’t fight terrorism with xenophobia. I urge you to reject efforts to block Syrian refugees from resettling in the United States.”
When you're done, please report your call here:
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Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
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References:
1. “Many Syrians fleeing war find they are unwelcome in U.S.,” http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-syrian-refugees-20151118-story.html
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