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marym625

(17,997 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2015, 03:19 PM Oct 2015

just curious who thinks we should take more Syrian refugees [View all]

I posted a link to Senator Durbin's impassioned plea for a Democratic initiative to take in 100,000 refugees from Syria.

Speech
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027271991

Press release

“The situation in Syria is the humanitarian crisis of our time,” said Durbin. “The magnitude of the crisis is clear in the numbers of Syrian men, women, and children fleeing the violence, but the human stories behind the statistics give heartbreaking urgency for us to act. I saw firsthand how Greece is accepting refugees and helping to resettle them as best they can. The United States continues to lead the way in financial assistance, but we have a moral obligation to do all we can to help these people in need. My colleagues and I will continue to push for the United States to resettle more refugees as the crisis grows.”


Durbin traveled with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)


I'm surprised at how few views the post has. I'm curious now if people don't think we should take in refugees from Syria.
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We should but no more than the 10,000 President Obama is requesting
1 (3%)
We should take in the 100,000 Senators Durbin, Warren and other Dems are requesting
1 (3%)
100,000 is nothing compared to how many we should take in
25 (71%)
We shouldn't allow any more than are already here.
6 (17%)
some other answer I will explain in a reply
2 (6%)
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I want millions but I do know America is running out of natural resources and space yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #1
I agree, to an extent marym625 Oct 2015 #5
Paraguay enid602 Oct 2015 #51
Huh? We're swimming in natural resources and space Recursion Oct 2015 #62
Why just Syrians, tho, guys? Other refugee groups are being discriminated Hortensis Oct 2015 #123
Me, and believe it or not, Rick Snyder! KamaAina Oct 2015 #2
I'm sorry I missed your post! marym625 Oct 2015 #6
Wow! I've got a fan! KamaAina Oct 2015 #18
I left Chicago about 2 months ago. marym625 Oct 2015 #20
And I'm down in San Jose! KamaAina Oct 2015 #22
LOL! marym625 Oct 2015 #23
We do have DU meetups on occasion KamaAina Oct 2015 #27
sounds like a plan marym625 Oct 2015 #30
Union City Blue merrily Oct 2015 #66
Who knew!? marym625 Oct 2015 #68
Marily knew! We're very welcome. merrily Oct 2015 #70
LOL! marym625 Oct 2015 #75
P.S. Maybe it could be the theme song for your Bernie Group? merrily Oct 2015 #71
not a bad idea! marym625 Oct 2015 #77
We could probably do more than 10,000, but how many more could we reliably vet in terms of TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #3
If Senator Durbin, Warren and Klobuchar aren't worried, marym625 Oct 2015 #7
Eeek! Muslins!! Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #10
Quite a few Syrians are Christian. KamaAina Oct 2015 #24
+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #25
100,000 or more BainsBane Oct 2015 #4
Totally agree. Thank you marym625 Oct 2015 #9
Yep, agree! mountain grammy Oct 2015 #14
Agreed. closeupready Oct 2015 #35
I think 100,000 is a good start Marrah_G Oct 2015 #8
I like it. marym625 Oct 2015 #11
We've already provided 4.5 billion dollars in relief aid Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #12
yes, I know marym625 Oct 2015 #13
Why do we need to take them in Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #16
because it's the right thing to do marym625 Oct 2015 #19
Playing a devil's advocate, I might say the 'right thing to do' is Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #29
yep. marym625 Oct 2015 #38
No doubt, many people believe the right thing to do is much more predicated on imaginary borders LanternWaste Oct 2015 #114
"Imaginary borders?" What the hell are those? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #115
Look what's happening in Germany. Go 840high Oct 2015 #33
I do. I have. It's the right thing to do marym625 Oct 2015 #39
European newspapers hardly differ from their American counterparts eissa Oct 2015 #43
I see mostly able bodied men. I call them migrants. 840high Oct 2015 #47
Yes, because if you haven't noticed eissa Oct 2015 #49
Yes, god forbid they return home and fight or something... Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #113
Fight for what? For whom? eissa Oct 2015 #116
Take their country back? Topple Assad? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #130
Congratulations, eissa... Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #134
Let's help our children and elderly - it's the 840high Oct 2015 #48
Absolutely no reason we can't do both marym625 Oct 2015 #52
We don't. Read a story last 840high Oct 2015 #55
I know we don't. That's why I'm trying so hard to make sure Sanders is elected. marym625 Oct 2015 #60
Germany can't absorb them all BainsBane Oct 2015 #40
Turkey needs to step in and help. 840high Oct 2015 #56
There are already about 2 million Syrian refugees in Turkey. It doesn't treat them too well. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #57
Thanks. 840high Oct 2015 #58
Where do you think they were all going before now? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #73
Yes I know. Europe is stasrting to say 840high Oct 2015 #85
Where does the money go though? Marrah_G Oct 2015 #15
Refugees should be located in a place from which it's plausible they'll return home one day. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #17
I appreciate your opinion marym625 Oct 2015 #26
Refugees in the United States are given permanent residency when they successfully... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #117
They should go home especially all the young men. WDIM Oct 2015 #21
completely disagree but I appreciate your thoughts. eom marym625 Oct 2015 #28
On which side should they fight for? eissa Oct 2015 #32
...+1 840high Oct 2015 #34
Isnt it sexist to say the men should stay and fight, while the women leave? Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #88
+1 marym625 Oct 2015 #94
This is a remarkably stupid post, both sexist and classless. Something more appropriate.... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #119
if we take more they should all go live with obama and w, who caused this whole problem nt msongs Oct 2015 #31
uhm, can't really blame him for all of it marym625 Oct 2015 #42
Pretty sure those voting against allowing any in eissa Oct 2015 #36
+1 .. n/t obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2015 #37
+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #41
I would feel the same way. How 840high Oct 2015 #59
We have the resources to do both eissa Oct 2015 #61
We won't do both. Our poor and elderly are mostly ignored. 840high Oct 2015 #86
And there is the real point. We have spent trillions destroying jwirr Oct 2015 #105
Helping refugees is orders of magnitude more helpful than bombing people. Maedhros Oct 2015 #44
+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #45
Plus if we look at the Vietnam War refugees we will see that jwirr Oct 2015 #106
Not only should we take in more, we should ask for host families to foster them. Stinky The Clown Oct 2015 #46
+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #53
Everyone from Syria and Iraq should be settled in red states that supported the wars frizzled Oct 2015 #50
while it would be nice to have those who want war to support those who are caused injury marym625 Oct 2015 #54
Force Republicans and neo-cons to pay for the damage they've done. frizzled Oct 2015 #93
I like it. marym625 Oct 2015 #95
Let's not forget the journalists - Fox HQ would make a nice refugee camp frizzled Oct 2015 #96
Excellent point! marym625 Oct 2015 #102
Will this tax include pro war Democrats? NobodyHere Oct 2015 #120
We're now in the realms of fantasy fiction frizzled Oct 2015 #122
Maybe we should take ISIS ozone_man Oct 2015 #63
interesting thought marym625 Oct 2015 #67
Maybe we should take ISIS ozone_man Oct 2015 #63
Maybe we should take ISIS ozone_man Oct 2015 #65
Not a single one until every immigrant already here is legitimized. pipoman Oct 2015 #69
I agree wholeheartedly we should do that years ago. marym625 Oct 2015 #79
That also is a good point. jwirr Oct 2015 #107
>100,000 IVoteDFL Oct 2015 #72
+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #125
100,000...at least. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #74
+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #80
Our fucked up policies are what destabilized the region in the first place PatrickforO Oct 2015 #76
+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #82
We should take in as much as possible prouddemfromaustin44 Oct 2015 #78
and so many are marym625 Oct 2015 #83
We broke it... nt Live and Learn Oct 2015 #81
+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #84
I would take them into my own home if I could. Lyric Oct 2015 #87
that's wonderful and beautifully generous marym625 Oct 2015 #97
Churches did that for the Vietnam refugees. I remember jwirr Oct 2015 #109
We, America, has plenty of room for people so we can easily take more. YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #89
We sure do. And frankly, besides being the right thing to do, marym625 Oct 2015 #98
As a bonus it pisses off the xeonphobes YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #103
That's an excellent reason all by itself! marym625 Oct 2015 #104
I think we should take one for every ten the arab nations take. CBGLuthier Oct 2015 #90
well, that's more than some people think. marym625 Oct 2015 #99
I read that while many are going to Europe many are also jwirr Oct 2015 #110
More. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2015 #91
+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #100
We should take zero bigwillq Oct 2015 #92
They're not mutually exclusive. But thank you for your reply marym625 Oct 2015 #101
Saudis and the Gulf states are not allowing refugees in, nor are they meeting the needs of the UNHCR JCMach1 Oct 2015 #108
Isn't that what they are doing by not supporting the refugees? n/t Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #118
We're also a major cause. you don't think we have an obligation to help? marym625 Oct 2015 #126
Plenty of blame to go around, but the current war in Yemen and ISIS funding JCMach1 Oct 2015 #131
Stop supporting the foreign islamists CJCRANE Oct 2015 #111
While that may be true for the future, it won't change what is currently happening. marym625 Oct 2015 #128
i support large increases in taking of all refugees La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2015 #112
I love this response. Thank you! eom marym625 Oct 2015 #127
We created the refugee problem, in Syria and everyone forgets the 4 million Iraqi sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #121
A little unbalanced? You really give us too much credit, and Hortensis Oct 2015 #124
Totally agree marym625 Oct 2015 #129
The US did not create Syria's refugee problem... JCMach1 Oct 2015 #132
The US has been playing in Syria from the beginning, first with the CIA, now openly. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #133
Sorry, but compared to Gulf Arab involvement, that footprint is tiny... JCMach1 Oct 2015 #135
Where does all their money and weaponry come from? CJCRANE Oct 2015 #136
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