Congressman Emmer, who actually took the
seat held by Michele Bachmann, is the cochair, along with Congressman
Ellison, of the Somali caucus in the House of Representatives. We have
not seen this as a Democratic issue or a Republican issue in our State. We have welcomed these refugees. We have the second biggest population of Hmong in the United States
of America. We have the biggest Liberian population. We have one of the
biggest populations of people from Burma. We have 17 Fortune 500
companies in our State. When these refugees come over, they are legal
workers, and they are a major part of our economy. So it is no surprise
that during the last year, when we heard the kind of rhetoric that we
have heard, people have been concerned--not just the refugees
themselves, not just their friends and family, but a lot of people in
our State. The churches have gotten involved--all kinds and every
denomination in our State--to stand up for our Muslim population. Why?
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