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Friday, October 15, 2010

postheadericon Target the refugee ceiling

Just because our troops have left Iraq does not mean we should forget our commitment to Iraqis.

Last week, the President set an 80,000-person ceiling on the number of refugees who can enter the United States next year. This is the upper boundary of our commitment â€" rather than the goal we commit ourselves to fulfilling. In doing so, the President missed an opportunity to rethink our responsibility to vulnerable populations, especially the 4 million Iraqis now scattered across the globe.

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