LOWENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my strong
opposition to President Trump's ban on the entry of refugees from
around the world as well as the ban on refugees and citizens from seven
select countries. This ban, whether temporary or not, is shameful, and wholly un-
American. There are better ways to protect our Nation, ways that are
effective and stay true to our American values. For example, in the 1970s and 1980s, thousands of my constituents
fled the horrors of war and genocide in Vietnam and in Cambodia as
refugees. Today, these immigrants and their children are doctors,
lawyers, teachers, parents, students, all integral to the success of
our Nation. America has long endured as the shining beacon on the Hill. Sadly,
that light was dimmed by the President's immigration executive order. Our Nation is great because it has been built by refugees and
immigrants from every part of the world.
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