Source » Elly Fishman for Chicago Mag: If Sullivan High School had a motto, it would be “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Its immigrant population now numbers close to 300 — 45 percent of
refugees
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“To be fully pro-life I must broaden my sense of morality and embrace a wider agenda”
Source » Scott Arbeiter in the NYT: Of course, my being pro-life never meant not caring about education or jobs, but I suspect like many people, I tended to see these as unrelated issues. Being pro-life has always been a deeply
The thousands of churches that serve Syrian refugees
Source » NYT: But the political issues, [refugees Anwar and Daleen] said they knew only from television. Their closest interactions with Americans have been largely with the members of Johnson Ferry Church, like Mr. Stocks. It was members of the church…
“24 people were displaced from their homes every minute of every day during 2015”
Source » Quartz: The number of people driven from their homes by wars and persecution has hit a record high, with the majority stemming from just three countries.… On average, 24 people were displaced from their homes every minute of every
On refugees “crushing economies,” “taking jobs,” and “wasting tax dollars”
Source » Brookings research: So assume you are in a country that has taken in a quarter, or even 2.6 percent, of your population as refugees fleeing war and prosecution. Would your economy collapse? Last time we checked, that was
Of dogs and refugees
Source » Nicholas Kristof in the NYT: I mourned [our family dog’s] passing on social media and received a torrent of touching condolences, easing my ache at the loss of a member of the family. Yet on the same day
How a refugee comes to the US
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Research shows that in the long term refugees are a “hugely profitable investment”
Source » Summary: they are a “hugely profitable investment.” (The moral imperative aside, of course.)
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