Syrian Refugees Research Paper

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Around 1983, America turned down the ship St. Louis. The ship contained about 900 or more Jews who were trying to escape from Adolf Hitler. Many people think that if America would have opened their gates for the Jews, we could have prevented the deaths of over 1,000,000 people who were killed during the Holocaust. As we flash forward about 100 years or so, Americans are making the same mistake as we were in 1983. The higher governing people decided that we are only going to let in a miniscule percentage of Syrian refugees. In the articles," Jews' tale plays out again as Syrian refugees find resistance to U.S. entry" and "Fresno family represents the plight of Syrians refugees" have stated that 10,000 Syrians have been displaced and that number

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