It requests that we have an immediate
emergency meeting and briefing. I include in the Record the entire
letter, and I will just read a short portion.
``The Executive Order is both controversial and confusing. For
example, the International Rescue Committee called the Order `harmful
and hasty' noting `America has the strongest, most successful
resettlement program in the world.' Over 4,000 academics, including 25
Nobel Laureates, have signed a petition denouncing the Order, writing
`this measure is fatally disruptive to the lives of these immigrants,
their families, and the communities of which they form an integral
part. It is inhumane, ineffective, and un-American.' ''
House of Representatives,
Washington, DC, February 1, 2017. Hon.
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