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Branstad wrong to refuse refugees
Libby Gotschall Slappey
Jul. 18, 2014 5:36 pm
Gov. Terry Branstad, shame on you!
You immediately say 'no” to accepting refugee children from Central America, claiming it would 'send the wrong message.”
Perhaps you believe that conscripting children into street gangs sends the right message? Or maybe human trafficking sends the right message? How about rape?
This is a humanitarian crisis requiring a moral and compassionate response. Your response was neither.
Shame on you.
Libby Gotschall Slappey
Cedar Rapids
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