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Letter: Give refugees a break with temporary status

Rohingya refugees jump from a wooden boat as it begins to tip over after travelling from Myanmar, on September 12, 2017 in Dakhinpara, Bangladesh. Recent reports have suggested that around 290,000 Rohingya have now fled Myanmar after violence erupted in Rakhine state. The 'Muslim insurgents of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army' have issued statement that indicates that they are to observe a cease fire, and have asked the Myanmar government to reciprocate. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Letter writer thinks Congress should make it easier for refugees who have come to our country because of natural or political disaster to apply for and obtain US citizenship.
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Congress should act to make it easier for refugees who have come to our country because of natural or political disaster to apply for and obtain US citizenship. Forcing temporary protected status refugees who are peaceful, hardworking and taxpaying individuals to return to countries that are unsafe as the administration is currently proposing is as un-American as not living up to our promises on the Dream Act.

Breaking apart families for political purposes is cruel. Blaming immigrants for our broken economic system is cowardly. The US can do better. Temporary status should mean temporary, but the alternative could be a rational path toward citizenship and not forced expulsion.

Barbara Nesbet
Saratoga

 

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