2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum'Republican Governors in 13 states have now called for the rejection of Syrian refugees
fleeing the very same violence we saw in Paris. They are rejecting our values in the face of fear & ignorance. Keeping America safe and staying true to who we are is not a zero-sum choice.' O'M
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patsimp
(915 posts)the criminals who bombed Boston were refugees.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)We have to figure out a way to keep ourselves safe AND accept refugees. Yes, we can do it. We don't need knee-jerk responses.
My mother was killed by a drunk driver-and I am not working to re-instate prohibition, just keep people who have had too much to drink off the road.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Republicans are dumber than a sack of rocks.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/11/16/3722628/no-state-governors-cant-refuse-to-accept-syrian-refugees/
Kilgore
(1,733 posts)This effectively constrains any real resettlement effort.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Burroughs with low rent, etc. The states in question can't stop people with legit green cards from having access to all state resources.
If some office worker doesn't do their job because the paperwork says "refugee: Syria" they lose their job. If a governor orders something like that lawsuits will reign hell fire.
Kilgore
(1,733 posts)I am watching coworkers of all political persuasions opposing taking refugees.