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"Let them in".... (Original Post) Heartstrings Nov 2018 OP
Yes. gtar100 Nov 2018 #1
Wow. Kick. Squinch Nov 2018 #2
K&R nt lillypaddle Nov 2018 #3
Yes. violetpastille Nov 2018 #4
Kicking. eom littlemissmartypants Nov 2018 #5
Well put! Wounded Bear Nov 2018 #6
only Fox cultists believe they are a threat Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #7
K & R Duppers Nov 2018 #8
K&R ZeroSomeBrains Nov 2018 #9
K and R Stuart G Nov 2018 #10
America Fuzzpope Nov 2018 #11
Contrasted with Trumps take on Muslim refugees... EarnestPutz Nov 2018 #12
I agree, but ... aggiesal Nov 2018 #13
WOW great story TY bluestarone Nov 2018 #14
wow.... handmade34 Nov 2018 #15
Kicking and tearing up Hekate Nov 2018 #16
yes scarytomcat Nov 2018 #17
Many of those WWII refugees who came here after the war FakeNoose Nov 2018 #18
K and R oasis Nov 2018 #19
I don't recognize my country any more. lpbk2713 Nov 2018 #20
K & R MFGsunny Nov 2018 #21
A friend of mine's forebears were from Latvia. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2018 #22
Powerful words. hostalover Nov 2018 #23

EarnestPutz

(2,087 posts)
12. Contrasted with Trumps take on Muslim refugees...
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 05:21 PM
Nov 2018

...where "we have to keep them out until we can figure this out"
This about people who have spent two years or more being
investigated and interviewed.

aggiesal

(8,864 posts)
13. I agree, but ...
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 05:23 PM
Nov 2018

if his experience happened today, he would still be allowed in.

Show up at the door with skin color darker than white, forget it.

Today, the central american refugees are requesting asylum, which
is a legal way to enter the U.S.
Yet dumb$hit IQ45 would only take you, if you can get an O-1 or
TN visa and work for Hair-Gropenfuhrer at Mar-A-Lago.

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
16. Kicking and tearing up
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 08:08 PM
Nov 2018

What Trump is doing shames us all. We must turn this country away from the Dark Side -- or lose our soul.

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
18. Many of those WWII refugees who came here after the war
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 10:41 AM
Nov 2018

... became some of our very best American citizens. Their children and grandchildren are now the backbone of our society and our economy. The immigrants of the 1950s have given so much back to us, and we had no trouble making room for them when they came here. The USA is better and stronger now because of our unselfish sharing that was done 70 years ago. It's a lesson we cannot forget.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,535 posts)
22. A friend of mine's forebears were from Latvia.
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 01:27 PM
Nov 2018

His father was a boy, but remembered it vividly. They had been prosperous, but not rich, before the war, owing 3 bakeries. After the war ended, they were destitute and homeless, wandering Europe, mostly on foot, for 7 years. They slept rough, or in cabins where shepherds slept during grazing season in the highlands. Work was impossible to find, and they ate only food given in charity, or gleaned from fields and gardens at midnight.

They finally made it to Canada in 1952, and even family members born here are grateful, counting their many blessings ever since.

I don't spend much time wondering whose side they take in this issue.

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