Iraq. Lebanon. Yemen. and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa that have taken the lives of Aylan and countless other desperate refugees are not only a threat to our security. but a crisis of conscience. They challenge the moral fabric of our Nation and the foundation of global leadership. Lets be clear. The current crisis before us is not a migrant issue. They are not migrants. Migrants leave for economic reasons. It is a mass exodus of refugees who are fleeing conflicts that this administration has refused to address for years. As the U.N. High Commissioner stated last week: "This is a primarily refugee crisis. not only a migration phenomenon. The vast majority of those arriving in Greece come from conflict zones like Syria. Iraq or Afghanistan and are simply running for their lives." I say to the media: Stop calling them migrants. They are not migrants. They are refugees who are attempting to escape from torture. murder. killing. and genocide. Statements and images like these should not just be a source of heartbreak and sympathy. they should be a call to action. The following quote is from the Wall Street Journal editorial this morning.
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