NEVER FORGET
Posted on 09/09/2015 1:36:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Texas senator’s father fled violence in Cuba in the ’50s, but the current crop of Syrian refugees won’t have the same protection if Cruz has his way. Ted Cruz, whose own father fled an oppressive regime decades ago, said Tuesday he opposed the U.S. taking in “large numbers” of refugees fleeing violence in Syria and elsewhere in the region.
The ultimate goal for the migrants seeking safety from the violence that is roiling North Africa and the Middle East should be for them to return home, the 2016 presidential contender said Tuesday, not to resettle them in America.
Europe has been in the grips of a migrant crisis, driven especially by violence in Syria, where fighting between the Assad regime, rebel factions and ISIS have driven millions from their homes. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that the number of refugees fleeing Syria now exceeds four million, the largest refugee crisis in the UN agency’s history.
Cruz’s statement stands in stark contrast to his family story, which he frequently on the campaign trail uses to highlight the American dream and the importance of a country that values freedom and liberty. That story is about his father, Rafael Cruz, who fled Cuba to the United States after enduring torture at the hands of the Batista regime. “America, quite simply, saved my father. America gave him a chance… The freedom of America was the dream that allowed him to endure the brutality of Cuba. It was and is a beacon of hope for all those who, like him, have endured oppression,” Cruz wrote in his recent memoir, A Time for Truth.
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Cruz family was Christian with no propensity for slaughtering infidels.
“Ted Cruz, Son of a Refugee, Tells Syrian Refugees to Go Home”
Actually, the REASON why most of the Cubans stayed in Miami was so they COULD GO HOME, and not need to even pay bus fare.
They were not invaders, conquerers, or otherwise bad people, they simply got caught on the wrong side of our “Greatest Generation’s” love affair with the Kennedy’s.
The animals today are not looking for a place to hang out while their countries get their politics straightened out...they are looking to settle in and collect goodies, and NEVER go back.
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