<p>Sojourners' comments ( the forwarded email below) are much appreciated especially at times when the media and Congress seem to have lost all common sense.</p>
<p>I was watching cspan last night. A senate committee was grilling a panel about Syrian refugees and the secutity threat -- the committee was hell bent on creating ways to stop all refugees from coming or creating a huge system to vet and track any that do come. Sheesh. </p>
<p>one of the panelists, a woman who works with refugees, tried to tell the senators that already people are contacting refugee centers across the country demanding to know the adresses of Syrian refugees in their area. Creepy. Creepy. Creepy. These people want a map, much like the map of registered sex offenders.</p>
<p>Refugees have suffered more than their share of human suffering. The media, congress, and some people have gone over the edge.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Jim Wallis" <<a href="mailto:sojourners@sojo.net">sojourners@sojo.net</a>><br>Date: Nov 19, 2015 5:05 PM<br>Subject: Lament with me in the wake of ISIS terror<br>To: "Karen Medina" <<a href="mailto:kmedina67@gmail.com">kmedina67@gmail.com</a>><br><br type="attribution">
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