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LAS14

(13,783 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:05 PM Mar 2022

100,000 refugees???? BFD!!!!

We're an enormous country. What is 100,000 compared to 3 to 5 million???? I would think 500,000 is the minimum. Compare this to what European countries (much smaller) are being asked to absorb. I'm disgusted!

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100,000 refugees???? BFD!!!! (Original Post) LAS14 Mar 2022 OP
President Biden is a listener and has a way of getting things done Tetrachloride Mar 2022 #1
I would gladly do an exchange program 48656c6c6f20 Mar 2022 #2
Don't forget..... getagrip_already Mar 2022 #3
100k is a start Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #4
Biden must not offend the thousands of refugees from Latin America panader0 Mar 2022 #5
If you had heard Pres Biden, he commented that most people would prefer to stay in Europe... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #6

Tetrachloride

(7,842 posts)
1. President Biden is a listener and has a way of getting things done
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:12 PM
Mar 2022

Let’s support the 100,000.

The number is a starting point.

 

48656c6c6f20

(7,638 posts)
2. I would gladly do an exchange program
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:13 PM
Mar 2022

We can repatriate the GZP to their motherland to make room for Ukrainians, who would undoubtedly be better citizens than the pond scum we send to Russia.

getagrip_already

(14,750 posts)
3. Don't forget.....
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:56 PM
Mar 2022

We are also taking in refugees from Afghanistan, Syria, Haiti, and dozens of other countries, some of whom are also fleeing deadly threats.

I don't know what the total is, but it is far in excess of 100k. It's likely far in excess of 500k.

There are over 200k approved SIV cases from Afghanistan alone.

It is not an isolated number.

Could we do more? Probably, but you can expect more refugee convoy stories on fox.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
5. Biden must not offend the thousands of refugees from Latin America
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:59 PM
Mar 2022

who have been waiting for a year or more, some camped at the US border, to apply for entrance.

Wounded Bear

(58,654 posts)
6. If you had heard Pres Biden, he commented that most people would prefer to stay in Europe...
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 03:17 PM
Mar 2022

as in closer to home. We're also sending help to Europe to help finance the refugee activity.

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