My grandparentsmy Italian grandparents. my Irish greatgreatgrandparentsheard some of this rhetoric when some in this country said they shouldnt come here: Dont allow these Papists into the United States. dont allow these Irish. who are opposed to the rule of Great Britain on their island. and they actually stood up and fought against Great Britain. The words back then. like some of the words today. come from a place of fear and hatred. I do not want to stand by quietly and see the victims of terrorism and torture be demonized just so people will have talking points for the local evening news. We are better than this. The bill my colleague. the junior Senator the from Texas. introduced an hour ago would prevent refugee protection for virtually all nationals of Iraq. Libya. Somalia.