Twelve members of this family in a boat were killed and drowned. including this 3yearold and his 5yearold brother. These are not enemies. To have an act that purports to deal with this refugee crisis and to call this an act that is an act about foreign enemiesthey are not enemies. There is no way we should allow the kind of tar brush approach that would paint these poor unfortunates who are victims of the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II as if they are somehow enemies. We should have a compassionate response that protects American security but is nevertheless compassionate. These photographs really grab me. and the rhetoric surrounding these refugeesthat they are enemieswhen this act passed really grabbed me. I found myself thinking about it not so much even in just a policy waywhat is the right policy. what is the right mixture of things to keep the country safe? That is very important. but these pictures make one think about something more fundamental: Why does this happen?
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Painting refugees as enemies.
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