Why? Aren't they seeking refuge?
Someone needs to teach Jesse English.
One who is quoted as stating "The B-1 missile" is shown to be far from being capable of English language protocol.
I think the reason they want to draw the distinction is that there is a cultural definition of the word that has seeped into American's minds. To most Americans the word refugee recalls to mind pictures of places in Africa, and other 3rd world countries where there is political unrest, as well as Cuban refugees and such.
I heard Jesse, not Rush however, and he made the point that these people are Citizens of the US, and are not refugees. People in the US IMHO might brush off helping hearing the word refugees because we are too used to hearing it. Hearing CITIZEN might encourage us to dig in our pockets deeper... sad but true.
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