Will he stand up for American values? One story in particular struck me because it involves my own State of
Connecticut. Last Saturday, a Syrian refugee who settled in Milford,
CT, 2 years ago, Fadi Kassar, anxiously awaited the arrival of his wife
and two daughters, ages 5 and 8. He has not seen them since resettling
in this country. His family was turned away before they could board a
flight to the United States. They were told they were not going to be
allowed to enter this country following the President's refugee ban. Despite having been granted refugee status--asylum--three days before
the refugee ban, they would no longer be united with Mr. Kassar in the
United States. I am working--and I hope the Secretary of Homeland Security may be
listening, if not at this moment then at some point in the future, to
my entreaty that he do the right thing, that he make their entry
possible.