Posted on 11/17/2015 2:44:32 PM PST by Sybeck1
Dallas, Texas - Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton said that the United States should accept Syrian refugees because it is a fundamental part of our country's identity and "we have always welcomed immigrants and refugees."
"We can't act as though we're shutting the doors to people in need without undermining who we are as Americans," Clinton said at a campaign stop here Tuesday.
The former secretary of state stressed that vigilance is a key component in vetting incoming refugees, but strongly opposes "hateful rhetoric" used by Republicans who do not want to accept refugees following the terrorist attacks in Paris that left 129 dead and hundreds more injured.
So far, governors in more than rwo dozen states have said they oppose, refuse or wish to temporarily suspend the resettlement of Syrian refugees
Nearly 2,000 refugees from Syria have relocated to the United States since 2012, the New York Times reports and President Barack Obama has said that the U.S. will accept about 10,000 more.
Clinton also used the opportunity to assert her experience with foreign policy. She told the crowd of about 1,500 that the recent attacks in Paris and Beirut remind us "America is not just electing a president, we are also electing a Commander-in-Chief."
Earlier Tuesday, Speaker Paul Ryan called for a "pause" in the Syrian refugee program and legislation to address this may come as soon as this week.
Clinton underscored that admitting refugees was a long-standing tradition in our nation, saying "we have made people feel that if they did their part, they sent their kids to school, they worked hard, there would be a place for them in America."
Lies!
Yes Hilda, we took in so many Japanese during WWII as “refugees”.
You’re asking us to take in our ENEMIES with whom we’re at war with.
Specifically, Muslims....
FINE, let them move into HER house..I hear Charlotte Clinton needs a babysitter perhaps one of those refugees could lend a helping hand
Well Hillary if those are the criteria then I am in favor of undermining who we are as Americans. Ban these so called refugees. Consider me an underminer.
She counts on stupidity.
To liberals, history is a feeling, not a fact.
Well Barry does have those empty digs up in ChiTown. Could set up a few there.
Sorry Hillary, I am not into suicide.
Once the United States entered World War II, the State Department practiced stricter immigration policies out of fear that refugees could be blackmailed into working as agents for Germany.http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007094It was not until January 1944 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt, under pressure from officials in his own government and an American Jewish community then fully aware of the extent of mass murder, took action to rescue European Jews.
Sure, and that's just the role for the Butcher of Benghazi, right? Because letting four of ours die for no damn reason at all is just what we want in a Commander In Chief, right?
Yes yes yes! Keep talking like that Hitlery! the sooner you’re forced to drop out the better!
speak for yourself you besotted gremlinette!
He’s about as American as chilled monkey brains.
No more immigration from the middle east.
OMG something bad happened somewhere on Earth! We must do our part to flood America with foreigners! - Democrat Party
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Keep on talking bitch!
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Riiiiiiiight, Ms Confused, and how many are going to DC? Oh, yes, NONE! So big of you! What a true American YOU ARE!
I guess I wouldn’t worry about ISIS either if I had 24/7 secret service protection for my whole family.
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