Political Quotes

“in the last year I have been to Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon to visit Syrian refugees and the organizations that work with them. I have seen the effects of refugees fleeing violence on these nations. Lebanon has 4 million people. They are having to care for 1 million refugees from Syria--one in four members of their population. These countries, especially Jordan and Lebanon, are small--much smaller than the United States. They are much poorer than the United States. Jordan has very little water for their own citizens, much less refugees, but they have shown a real sense of compassion and hospitality in treating these Syrian refugees who are fleeing violence and coming over their border. Lebanese citizens even run double school shifts--their own kids in the morning and Syrian refugees in the afternoon. When I have been in the Middle East in these countries, I have wondered what would happen if refugees fleeing violence in other countries came to the United States. I wonder if we would show the same compassion to refugees that is being shown by these poorer nations. I wish to say a few words about the crisis at the border now because we are now faced with that question--refugees fleeing violence and coming to the United States. Who are the children coming to the United States? They are overwhelmingly refugees from three Central American countries--52,000 just this year.…”