Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and 17 other mayors across the country signed a letter to President Obama to request the admittance of more Syrian refugees to the U.S. Mayor Kleinschmidt is a proud member of Cities United for Immigration Action, an organization whose goal is to encourage positive immigration reform in the U.S.
"I've been active in this organization of mayors who are working closely together to encourage the president to move forward with immigration policy," Kleinschmidt told the University of North Carolina's student publication, The Daily Tar Heel. "It just seems like a good fit for us to respond as well to the refugee crisis."
His warm reception of the Syrian refugees was not echoed by many in
"I've been active in this organization of mayors who are working closely together to encourage the president to move forward with immigration policy," Kleinschmidt told the University of North Carolina's student publication, The Daily Tar Heel. "It just seems like a good fit for us to respond as well to the refugee crisis."
His warm reception of the Syrian refugees was not echoed by many in