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September 14, 2015

New York City: Hundreds Rally to Demand U.S. Accept More Refugees 
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Hundreds of people also gathered in New York City to demand that the
United States commit to accepting significantly more refugees from Syria
and elsewhere. Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American
Association of New York, spoke out.

Linda Sarsour: "We shouldn't be asking whether we welcome these people
into our country, we should be demanding for the U.S. government, one of
the world's superpowers. We have enough resources in this country not
only to help our own here, the homeless on our streets, but also to
welcome in at least 100,000 Syrian refugees. And we need to be able to
tell the U.S. government how to use our money. I would rather use my
money to shelter a Syrian family than to kill an Iraqi family."

 

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