I am going to talk for a few minutes. but the punch line is as indicated on this board. We are talking about who are Americas foreign enemies. This is a bill that deals with Iraqi and Syrian refugees. I assert that refugees are not our enemy. ISIL is our enemy. Yet. for some strange reason. in the 18th month of a war against ISIL. Congress has been unwilling to debate our real enemy. First. refugees are not our enemies. The refugee crisis. with refugees coming from Syria and now Iraq. has been called the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. Four million Syrians have left their native country because of being exposed to the atrocities of being barrelbombed by Bashar alAssad and now the atrocities of ISIL and other terrorist organizations. Those 4 million have left to find haven from this horrible violence. just as any family would. Over 200.000 Syrians have been killed by this violence. and now the number is probably approaching 300.000. In addition to the 4 million Syrian refugees who have left Syria to escape violence. there are an additional 8 million Syrians who have left their homes and been displaced within the country and who could leave the country at any moment as the violence continues. These refugees are victims of violence. victims of unspeakable atrocity first perpetrated by the horrible dictator Bashar alAssad and second by terrorist groups such as ISIL. Yet this bill would say these refugees are enemies. There is a story that means an awful lot to me personally. and I hope you will indulge me. A Jewish man was traveling from Jerusalem down to Jericho. and he was attacked by bandits.
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