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On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 3:42 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > A top Jewish immigration group -- an organization > <http://www.hias.org/history> "Founded in 1881 originally to assist Jews > fleeing pogroms in Russia and Eastern Europe" -- is fighting to bring > Syrian refugees to America. The group is called HIAS, which once > meant Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. > [image: syria] > > Mark Hetfield, the president and CEO of HIAS, emailed supporters last week > to thank them for their generosity. > > "We are leading the American Jewish response to the Syrian refugee crisis. > We are on the ground in Europe and, more importantly, demanding that our > own government and others around the world take bold action to ensure that > Syrian refugees can rebuild their lives in safety and freedom," Hetfield > boasted. > > On its website, the Jewish group is calling for the United States to bring > in 100,000 Syrian refugees. > > "Stories and photos documenting the unspeakably tragic plight of Syrian > refugees have shocked the world. > > "We cannot stand by idly and watch the largest humanitarian crisis of our > generation unfold. Our country and the American Jewish community must step > in now to provide protection and aid for Syrian refugees," Hias writes on > its website. > > "Secretary of State Kerry recently announced that the United States will > take in 15,000 refugees above our normal refugee resettlement operations > (85,000 in total in Fiscal Year 2016, 100,000 in 2017). This is a symbolic > gesture—not a response to a crisis. > > On Monday, November 16, 2015 at 7:48:19 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: >> >> [[ Every Governor should.]] >> >> >> >> http://www.buzzfeed.com/kyleblaine/governor-of-alabama-says-his-state-will-refuse-syrian-refuge#.mg77Nrk6k >> >> >> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
