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James Ragland: Welcome home, Syrian refugees
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Members of The Syrian People Solidarity Group protested in front of the Governor's Mansion in Austin last month.
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Published: 02 December 2015 10:28 PM
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Dear Syrian refugees:
Please accept my apology for our Texas governor’s failure to make you feel welcome.
Greg Abbott doesn’t speak for all of us — at least not on this issue.
He doesn’t speak for those of us who, while worried about national security and the threat of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, realize the moral imperative of opening our door to you.
The ideals we cherish, the compassion we have for humanity, should prevent us from turning our backs on you now or ever.
This isn’t a leap-of-faith conviction.
It’s a calculated risk that our nation long has accepted; it’s a defining characteristic of our identity as a beacon of hope to the rest of the world.
We remain the light on the hill. We keep striving to live up to the uplifting words engraved on a bronze plaque tucked in the bowels of the Statue of Liberty:
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
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James Ragland: Welcome home, Syrian refugees
57 Comment (http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/james-ragland/20151202-james-ragland-welcome-home-syrian-refugees.ece#commentsDiv)
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Erich Schlegel/Getty Images
Members of The Syrian People Solidarity Group protested in front of the Governor's Mansion in Austin last month.
http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20131120-james_ragland_sig.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/h75/james_ragland_sig.jpg James Ragland
Published: 02 December 2015 10:28 PM
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Texas sues feds, aid agency over plans to resettle Syrian refugees in state (http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2015/12/two-syrian-refugee-families-headed-for-dallas-as-gov-abbotts-controversy-over-resettlement-grows.html/)
Dear Syrian refugees:
Please accept my apology for our Texas governor’s failure to make you feel welcome.
Greg Abbott doesn’t speak for all of us — at least not on this issue.
He doesn’t speak for those of us who, while worried about national security and the threat of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, realize the moral imperative of opening our door to you.
The ideals we cherish, the compassion we have for humanity, should prevent us from turning our backs on you now or ever.
This isn’t a leap-of-faith conviction.
It’s a calculated risk that our nation long has accepted; it’s a defining characteristic of our identity as a beacon of hope to the rest of the world.
We remain the light on the hill. We keep striving to live up to the uplifting words engraved on a bronze plaque tucked in the bowels of the Statue of Liberty:
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
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