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Email I Just got from Madeleine Albright Regarding Ban
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:45 pm
quote:
Hugo-
By now, I'm sure you've heard about the executive order on immigration and refugees that the President signed on Friday. It bans Syrian refugees from entering our country, suspends the entire refugee program for 120 days, cuts in half the number of refugees we can admit, and halts all travel from certain Muslim-majority countries.
I felt I had no choice but to speak out against it in the strongest possible terms.
This is a cruel measure that represents a stark departure from America's core values. We have a proud tradition of sheltering those fleeing violence and persecution, and have always been the world leader in refugee resettlement. As a refugee myself who fled the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia, I personally benefited from this country's generosity and its tradition of openness. This order would end that tradition, and discriminate against those fleeing a brutal civil war in Syria.
There is no data to support the idea that refugees pose a threat. This policy is based on fear, not facts. The refugee vetting process is robust and thorough. It already consists of over 20 steps, ensuring that refugees are vetted more intensively than any other category of traveler.
The process typically takes 18-24 months, and is conducted while they are still overseas. I am concerned that this order's attempts at "extreme vetting" will effectively halt our ability to accept anyone at all. When the administration makes wild claims about Syrian refugees pouring over our borders, they are relying on alternative facts -- or as I like to call it, fiction.
The truth is that America can simultaneously protect the security of our borders and our citizens and maintain our country's long tradition of welcoming those who have nowhere else to turn. These goals are not mutually exclusive. Indeed, they are the obligation of a country built by immigrants.
Refugees should not be viewed as a burden or as potential terrorists. They have already made great contributions to our national life. Syrian refugees are learning English, getting good jobs, buying homes, and starting businesses. In other words, they are doing what other generations of refugees -- including my own -- did. And I have no doubt that, if given the opportunity, they will become an essential part of our American fabric.
By targeting Muslim-majority countries for immigration bans and by expressing a clear preference for refugees who are religious minorities, there's no question this order is biased against Muslims. And when one faith is targeted, it puts us all at risk.
I will never forget sailing into New York Harbor for the first time and seeing the Statue of Liberty when I came here as a child. It proclaims "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." There is no fine print on the Statue of Liberty, and today she is weeping.
Then she hit me up for money.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:45 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
quote:
Then she hit me up for money
It's what you people do best
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:46 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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As a refugee myself who fled the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia
At one time, the US refused to accept refugees from Communist countries.
This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:46 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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Then she hit me up for money.
And you probably said "how much"
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:46 pm to CoachChappy
Hahaha that is what this is all about.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:48 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Why do care about what some broad living overseas thinks about our policies, seriously.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:48 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
quote:She must not know how poor you are.
Then she hit me up for money.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:48 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Give until it hurts or you don't care. Sell your dildo collection. Sell your tea cups and crumpette plates. Do what you must Hugo. Make sacrifices for this cause that you whine about so much. Take action.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:52 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
And the GOP is different how?
I say this as a card carrying member and (nominally) elected official.
I say this as a card carrying member and (nominally) elected official.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:52 pm to tigerfan63
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Why do care about what some broad living overseas thinks about our policies, seriously.
Can't tell if serious...
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:54 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Send her back a message that says in 1903 when Emma Lazarus had words of her poem inscribed on Statue of Liberty we didn't have Welfare and 100s of other social programs paid for at taxpayer expense.
People who immigrated here made their own way and didn't depend on the rest of us to support them at the point of a government gun.
People who immigrated here made their own way and didn't depend on the rest of us to support them at the point of a government gun.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:55 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Has she turned Muslim yet like she said she would last week?
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:55 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
She's a Czech national, just so you know.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:56 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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Then she hit me up for money.
i upvoted for the levity.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:58 pm to roadGator
Leave the tea out of this.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 2:58 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Simply kills me how these bleeding heart liberals think it's an apples to apples comparison of times, dangers, peoples, and intent.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 3:00 pm to CoachDon
When are yo guys ever going to realize that Hugo is the ultimate troll?
Posted on 1/31/17 at 3:02 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
OH, dammed just realized who this is...thought you were talking about the dead atheist.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 3:03 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I thought she was dead?
Posted on 1/31/17 at 3:05 pm to hogcard1964
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I thought she was dead?
Me too, but it's a different Madeline.
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