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Mayor Myrick pledges to help Syrian refugees relocate to Ithaca
the Ithaca Voice ^ | 11/17/15 | BY MICHAEL SMITH

Posted on 11/17/2015 9:36:00 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

ITHACA, NY - Tuesday morning, Mayor Svante Myrick wrote a Facebook post pledging to welcome Syrian refugees to Ithaca.

Myrick said, "I'll do everything in my power to welcome Syrian refugees to Ithaca. We must guard against terrorism, and if they have no place to go these refugees are the most likely to be victims of terrorist acts."

Accompanying the post was a poll conducted by Fortune Magazine in 1938 and republished in The Washington Post this morning. The poll displays American's opinions toward refugees displaced during World War II in 1938.

The poll showed that Americans were overwhelming against allowing refugees - 67% of respondents responded with the option "Circumstances as they are, we should keep them out."

Myrick said, "If we turn away all Syrian refugees, we are committing the same sin."

Myrick will be participating in a call with the White House later this afternoon. The call, he says, will help him learn "what can be done to safely welcome refugees" to New York.

The response to Myrick's post was largely supportive, with many praising Myrick's compassion. Others expressed concerns, echoing common fears that Syrian "refugees" could be radicalized terrorists themselves.

Others criticized Myrick's priorities, noting that Ithaca is already facing a housing crisis and has many homeless of it's own whose needs are not being met.

(Excerpt) Read more at ithacavoice.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cityofevil; ithaca; refugees; syrian
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To: Parmy

Well, some of them might have the skills needed to kill off some of the “surplus population” a few score or a few hundred at a time.


21 posted on 11/17/2015 10:04:38 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: longfellow

Not only him, but all the idiots who let the the animals in...


22 posted on 11/17/2015 10:06:04 AM PST by W. (I piss fire and acid upon the militant muslims as they pray to their baby-raping god!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I think he should take 100K. He and that town’s people deserve them.


23 posted on 11/17/2015 10:07:42 AM PST by aquila48
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

A family member lives there and works for Cornell University. She is liberal to the left of Stalin. She lives by herself so maybe she will invite them into her house to live.


24 posted on 11/17/2015 10:16:49 AM PST by Marcella (CRUZ (Prepping can save your life today.))
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

100 U.S. cities beg Obama for more Muslim refugees
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3355979/posts

New York Senator Wants to Take in 1.5 Million Muslim Migrants
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3359846/posts

25 posted on 11/17/2015 10:29:36 AM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Parmy

They’ll be busy not working at many of the manufacturing jobs that have left the NYS years ago. Or, perhaps they will spend their days boycotting/raging at wineries throughout the Finger Lakes. Goodbye tourism.

I’m probably wrong, but didn’t Ithaca, or one of the nearby cities, have a large Ukrainian population at one time? If so, I do not recall any trouble from them. Gee, what could be different about them and the Syrians... Hmmm.... Let’s see, what could it be...


26 posted on 11/17/2015 10:40:23 AM PST by Made In The USA (Rap music: Soundtrack of the retarded.)
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To: ForYourChildren
100 U.S. cities beg Obama for more Muslim refugees

Wondering.....is there federal money associated with "taking in" refugees? Do localities get a grant of some sort?

Follow the money, sez me. Figure all politics are motivated by three things - money, sex, and stupidity. Combinations are allowed.

27 posted on 11/17/2015 10:51:53 AM PST by wbill
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To: JimSEA

“The problem is that Colorado is a naturally beautiful state if you ignore the cities.”


So is New York.

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28 posted on 11/17/2015 10:53:39 AM PST by Mears
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To: All

Isn’t he just sooooo inclusive. Puke!


29 posted on 11/17/2015 11:02:50 AM PST by jackibutterfly
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To: Made In The USA

I think that was Utica.


30 posted on 11/17/2015 11:24:19 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines (Obama loves America the way OJ loved Nicole)
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To: Marcella
She is liberal to the left of Stalin. She lives by herself so maybe she will invite them into her house to live.

Lives by herself? Surprise, surprise... < /sarc >

31 posted on 11/17/2015 12:03:24 PM PST by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed

“Lives by herself? Surprise, surprise... < /sarc >”

She couldn’t live with a husband so he is gone a few months ago. She prefers “rainbow” colors since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of homo marriage. I said she was left of Stalin.


32 posted on 11/17/2015 12:28:18 PM PST by Marcella (CRUZ (Prepping can save your life today.))
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Ithaca, the City of Evil, now in even more evil.


33 posted on 11/17/2015 12:57:09 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Marcella

I’ve noticed that a lot of women move to Ithaca and “discover” their hidden lesbian identities.


34 posted on 11/17/2015 1:20:48 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines (Obama loves America the way OJ loved Nicole)
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To: W.

Same here with ahole brown.


35 posted on 11/18/2015 8:09:06 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Is Ithaca already a craphole, or is it a craphole wannabe?


36 posted on 11/21/2015 6:56:40 AM PST by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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