Brian Higgins
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Brian Michael Higgins is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 26th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Higgins has focused on issues such as healthcare, economic development, and infrastructure throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for the Buffalo-Niagara region, working to secure federal funding for local projects and initiatives.
For context, the United Nations has indicated that of Western nations resettling Syrian refugees, Germany will resettle the largest number.
By doing so, the United States will proudly honor its tradition of providing safe haven for refugees.
I would offer that the attempted fraud associated U.S. Refugee program is no more or less than the attempted fraud that exists within other programs.
Christians in the Middle East and Africa are losing entire communities that have lived peacefully for 2,000 years.
Christians have been persecuted and killed from Lebanon to Sudan, well, now South Sudan, and civil wars have lasted decades.
Five hundred thousand Christians, Christian Arabs, have been driven out of Syria during the last 3 years of civil war.
Christian kids have been beheaded, their mothers raped and their fathers crucified, literally.
But I do believe that even if, you know, in the end we have to exercise a military option because negotiations fail, I do think we have to demonstrate to the international community that every diplomatic avenue was exhausted before that…
Don't you believe that there will be long-term consequences for the U.S. and NATO if we fail to live up to our commitments to defend our allies?





