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Resettle at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States in FY 2016, as he promised on September 10, 2015.

Created by I.C. on November 17, 2015

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

Those familiar words of the poet Emma Lazarus are engraved at the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.They represent the promise of the United States of America to be a home to immigrants and refugees from all over the world.

"Now is not the time for demagoguery and fear mongering. What terrorism is about is trying to instill terror and fear into the hearts of people. And we will not let that happen. We will not be terrorized or live in fear. During these difficult times, we will not succumb to Islamophobia. We will not turn our backs on the refugees who are fleeing Syria and Afghanistan. We will do what we do best and that is be Americans – fighting racism, fighting xenophobia, fighting fear." - Senator Sanders

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