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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I help settle Afghan families and they are on no one's dime. We work with them to find jobs, housing, clothes and furniture. These are families with small children we are talking about.

But I guess I needn't try to appeal to MAGA using things like humanity and Christian values, since they clearly have none. [/quote]
I have also worked with an Afghan refugee and most of these comments are off base. 
The refugee I worked with was shot at on the way to the airport to leave. Can you imagine trying to do that with young kids? He was also at risk of being killed because he worked with the US government, while his kids and wife presumably weren’t. It made the most sense to send the husband first to establish and he expected to bring his family over (which he made no progress on even before Trump…it is an incredibly difficult process). I hope that you understand they just can’t go back to Afghanistan as they will be killed. And he gets absolutely nothing from the US government after the first 12 months. They must show financial independents part of the process. [/quote]

Did you ever wonder if he might have been telling you a story to gain your sympathy? Ever heard of taqqiyah?
What kind of coward leaves their wife and children at risk of death while they enjoy a cozy apartment in the US? Food and clothing delivered by the local purple-haired ladies club.[/quote]
Their lives here are not good. Please do yourself a favor and stop talking about that which you don’t know. 
You would not try to flee with kids who slow down the process while being shot at. It’s easy to hide behind your computer screen and talk big. [/quote]

I’m not the PP but it is precisely because my family originally came to the US as war refugees being shot at that I am somewhat skeptical. What I know of the refugees from Afghanistan (and particularly how single-male-dominated that group is) does not match with either my family’s personal experience or those of other refugees I know.

It is possible there are circumstances we do not understand, but being a little skeptical of what we are seeing, given how different the character is compared to other refugee resettlement programs, is not knee-jerk MAGA. [/quote]
They got a spot on the flights if their lives were in danger because they worked with the US Government. How many women and kids do you think were doing that?
It is always shocking to me that the immigrants here have the least amount of compassion. Not you but I am thinking of two other people I know. It’s almost as if they had it bad and don’t want to help or make it easy for other immigrants. It really is quite surprising to me how many immigrants are Trump supporters. [/quote]

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