This country was built and continues to survive off the backs of immigrants and refugees.
We don't need to bring 100,000 refugees in from the Middle East.
Israel is duty-bound to take in refugees.
We are ready to cooperate in any way to achieve stability in Syria, of course taking into consideration the interest of the country, and the will of the Syrian people.
Safety concerns are reasonable. Banning refugees is certainly not.
Intervening militarily would exacerbate - not resolve - the matter and, in the process, will Americanize the Syrian civil war.
Doing something to make ourselves feel better is beside the real point of defeating Isis and ending the Syrian civil war.
My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.
The best-armed and best-trained divisions of the Syrian army are Alawite.
A strategy would be how do we mobilize support for the remnants of the Syrian Free Army, and it might require combat troops to inspire an international effort.
I believe that the majority of people in Europe want to demonstrate solidarity with the refugees.
Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
Here's the plot of 'Interstellar.' Refugees - they're known as Democrats - they're looking for a new planet.
In the United States, we want to believe we will never become a country of refugees.
There is a positive and personal relationship between the Egyptian people and the Syrian people.
Since when can somebody tell me a time or a case where there has been a Syrian refugee in this country who has committed an act of terror?
To these economic refugees, maybe we should tell them, 'We'll call you when we need you.'
Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control.
If I have any advice to give to the Syrian president it is to cooperate for the sake of the investigation or for the sake of uncovering the truth.
Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority.
Gaddafi tried to give a masterclass to men like the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, on how to crush a civilian uprising.
Donald Trump's United States is not isolationist. He has authorized the use of limited military force against the Syrian government in a manner his predecessor rejected.
The courage of the Syrian protesters is remarkable, for they face prison, torture, or death every time they lift a banner.
The members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria are also part of the Syrian people, and they have the right to exercise their democratic rights.
On the campaign trail, candidate Trump occasionally raised the idea of creating 'safe zones' for Syrian civilians.
When refugees are at a distance it's easy to be compassionate.
The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in Syria. And the brutality of the Assad regime is unacceptable.
Moscow and Washington have evolved a delicate process for 'de-confliction' in the tight Syrian airspace, where accidents or miscommunication could be disastrous.
The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies.
The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin Wall has fallen. We can see it.
The way a government treats refugees is very instructive.
We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinian refugees] never do return
My constituents don't want more refugees. I'm not ashamed to represent these voters. I'm proud of it.
The contributions of refugees to the diverse mosaic of our nation are undeniable.
Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.
There is a connection between the issue of refugees and the battle against the so-called Islamic State.
Our country has been the leading provider of humanitarian aid for refugees.
When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time.
Refugees don't make our country less safe. But xenophobia, fear and hate do.
I urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present.
We disagree with the way things are going in Venezuela that has brought thousands of refugees to Roraima.
Revolution should be Syrian, cannot be revolution imported from abroad.
I just want to encourage you all... to rethink the resettlement of refugees in this country, especially in the numbers I'm hearing.
We need to hit pause, and possibly reset, as we think about this whole Syrian refugee resettlement issue.
Ultimately, stability in Syria will come from decisions made on the ground by the Syrian people and by their immediate neighbors.
Under Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that's just the way it is.
There are so many people in pain because of the Syrian conflict. Ten million trying to live in camps that are barely set up for three.
Not all G8 members take the view that chemical weapons were in fact used by the Syrian Army. Some actually agree with us that there is no proof.
It is lunacy to be bringing refugees into this country who may be terrorists trying to murder Americans.
Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America.
It can be refugees, it can be a pregnant mother, it can be a 15-year-old... homelessness can happen to everybody.
Jews cannot be apathetic when hundreds of thousands of refugees are searching for safe haven.
The struggle against terrorists in the territory of Syria should be structured in cooperation with the Syrian government, which clearly stated its readiness to join it.
I think the vetting we have for refugees is vastly better than the Europeans have.
I believe we need to ensure there are no refugees placed in Arizona with connections to terrorist organizations.
If there is any change regarding that hope, we should ask the Syrian people, not anyone else in the world.
Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity
Refugees have done more for my heart and my spirit than I can ever express in words.
Syrian people have right to fight for democracy and freedom in their country but they don't need the penetration of foreign elements, fundamentalist ideologies and violence.
We're talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.
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