The nation of France recognized the United States for what it wasa beacon of liberty for people from around the worldwhen France gave to the United States the Statue of Liberty. which we planted in New York Harbor right next to Ellis Island. where so many people came into this country. Nobody who came here had it easy. People faced signs that said "No Irish need apply" or they faced discrimination or oppression. but they didnt face a door being shut in their face and being told they were foreign enemies when they were really refugees looking for a better situation in life. As I think about what we are grappling with and what we may be called to vote on in the next 10 days in this body. I think about this massive scale of human suffering that is going on with respect to Syria. and I think about that wisdom from the Book of Job. which is that sometimes suffering and adversity is to test us.
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Shutting the door in the face of refugees and calling them foreign enemies.