Not many (any!) Jews came to the US to bomb and stab, assault and murder the citizens of the country that took them in.
“Can’t believe that a college newspaper actually published this! “
I can. This is stupid and sounds like a student: “The vast majority of Syrian refugees are Sunni Arab Muslims who are not subject to oppression by ISIS on the basis of practicing Sunni Islam or being of Arab ethnicity. Most of them are simply fleeing from the collateral damage of a violent conflict or political opposition to ISIS.”
It’s a letter to the editor, not an op-ed. The editor is probably just happy for proof that someone is actually reading their paper.
Most of the refugees on the St. Louis found refuge in either the UK or the Netherlands. Unfortunately, the Netherlands was conquered by Hitler the following year.