@zeynep My great-grandfather tried to get the rest of his family US visas to join our family. No dice. At least they made it to Australia.
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@acarvin I had to quote from anti-semitic policies of the forties. People wouldn't believe me. Sounds similar to today's anti-refugee folk.
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US said it will take 10K Syrian refugees but that is so little. Whitehose petition asking for 65K (still so few). https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/authorize-and-resettle-syrian-refugees-us …
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@zeynep no thank you! Enough problems in the U.S. As it is! Don't want 10k bombs going off...
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@zeynep In National Archives--letter to Roosevelt requesting children be admitted-declined because "quota" filled. http://blogs.archives.gov/TextMessage/2014/04/30/nicholas-winton-and-refugee-children-a-follow-up-to-60-minutes/ … -
@zeynep Not true. Quota for Czech refugees in U.S. duriing WWII never filled. State Dept still said no to children. http://www.jta.org/2015/07/02/news-opinion/world/when-nicholas-winton-the-british-rescuer-of-jews-was-rebuffed-by-america …
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@zeynep The slight difference this time is that the US State Department isn't also refusing that we take in the refugees.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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