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Keep the U.S. Open to Refugees

Target: President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Sponsored by: International Rescue Committee

The U.S. President is responsible for renewing America's promise as a beacon of hope for refugees who are fleeing persecution and violence. One of the responsibilities of the President is to lead the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which provides freedom and sanctuary to refugees who are hoping to build a new life in America.

Unfortunately, in recent years the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program has struggled and failed to meet its own goals for admitting refugees. Every year thousands of refugees are denied a new life in America due to inadequate funding and cumbersome, outdated processes for identifying and resettling refugees who need protection.

Call on President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to modernize the U.S. Refugee Admission Program and ensure this country welcomes refugees in a secure and timely manner!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000

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Dear President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton:

We urge you to renew America's promise to refugees who are waiting to find safety and freedom in our country. We call on you to take the following steps to modernize the U.S. government's system for refugee admission and resettlement:

- Streamline the current system for identifying, clearing and resettling refugees in the United States.

- Eliminate redundant systems and remove bureaucratic barriers to welcoming refugees to this country.

- Provide increased funding to ensure the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program is able to fulfill its goals for providing sanctuary to refugees who need protection.

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We took action on “Keep the U.S. Open to Refugees”

# 9,275:

4:26 am PDT, May 22, Zafer Erturk, Turkey

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7:24 am PDT, May 20, Rika Toll, Utah

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9:14 am PDT, May 14, Whitney Harlow, Pennsylvania

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12:49 pm PDT, May 13, Heather L. Shugars, Pennsylvania

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12:25 pm PDT, May 6, Jackie Charbonneau, Canada

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11:03 am PDT, May 6, Jamie Lee, California

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4:52 am PDT, May 6, Aniko Patonai, Germany

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12:37 pm PDT, May 5, DANIEL ARTHER, California

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6:21 pm PDT, May 4, Gale Nichtula, Pennsylvania

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6:34 am PDT, May 4, Audrey Vacha, Nebraska

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11:41 pm PDT, May 3, Sue Heilman, Pennsylvania

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6:26 pm PDT, May 3, Lawrence Arrigale, Pennsylvania

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5:21 pm PDT, May 3, Candice Robinson, Virginia

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6:00 am PDT, May 3, Donna Phillips, Virginia
THank you for your attention to this!

# 9,261:

9:38 pm PDT, May 2, MICHAEL TIEDEMANN, New York

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7:51 pm PDT, May 2, Kristen Mastropole, Virginia

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12:04 pm PDT, May 2, David Nicewarner, Arkansas
With our planet going through a period of corrections, the need for reaching out to those who have lost their homes, & businesses to some catastrophic disaster, is urgent.

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11:53 am PDT, May 2, Name not displayed, Louisiana

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3:27 pm PDT, May 1, * Zentura, Wyoming

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3:00 pm PDT, May 1, Larry Daniel, Louisiana

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2:25 pm PDT, May 1, Robyn Hecht, Colorado

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1:38 pm PDT, May 1, Judith Lubow, Colorado
Please create a sane policy to admit legitimate refugees to the US. We need to welcome refugees to our shores.

# 9,253:

10:11 am PDT, May 1, Maya Ruoss, Arkansas

# 9,252:

9:24 am PDT, May 1, Douglas Flint, Colorado

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8:55 am PDT, May 1, Leilani Siens, Colorado

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8:10 am PDT, May 1, Ann Egge, Virginia

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7:53 am PDT, May 1, Andrew Pouzeshi, Colorado

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7:24 am PDT, May 1, Diane Hopkins, Virginia

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6:19 am PDT, May 1, Ross Sparacino, Virginia

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4:25 am PDT, May 1, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

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4:29 pm PDT, Apr 30, William John Westerman ND, Australia

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8:05 pm PDT, Apr 28, Nancy Alexander, Virginia

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12:19 pm PDT, Apr 28, Danielle Mintzlaff, Illinois

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10:16 am PDT, Apr 28, Melissa Kesler, Oklahoma

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5:12 am PDT, Apr 28, John O'Brien, Pennsylvania

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1:32 am PDT, Apr 26, Alaina Caputo, Pennsylvania

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6:23 pm PDT, Apr 24, Carole Chowen, Colorado
The current system amounts to jail time for many victims of persecution. .

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3:27 pm PDT, Apr 24, Karolina Dembinska-Lemus, Virginia

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3:26 pm PDT, Apr 24, Name not displayed, Colorado

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11:59 am PDT, Apr 24, Sally Meyer, Virginia

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11:45 am PDT, Apr 24, Thea Evenstad, Alaska

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8:58 pm PDT, Apr 18, Marcie Baker, Texas

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5:38 am PDT, Apr 15, Carlo Casella, Italy

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6:12 pm PDT, Apr 14, Casey Jo Remy, Idaho

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3:33 am PDT, Apr 14, Jon Corlett, Florida

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7:44 pm PDT, Apr 11, Debbie Grade, New Mexico

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6:54 pm PDT, Apr 11, Margie Ehart, Maryland

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11:21 am PDT, Apr 8, Michelle Brown, Virginia

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4:16 pm PDT, Apr 6, Karla Espinal, Texas

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5:58 pm PDT, Apr 4, Marvin Rodriguez, Texas

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12:57 pm PDT, Apr 4, Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin

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11:30 am PDT, Apr 4, Aaron Sumner, Michigan
People need rufuge and we should help them. We are america!

# 9,223:

9:44 am PDT, Apr 3, David Shafir, Canada
SO TRUE!!!

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2:41 pm PDT, Apr 2, Silvia Apalaghiei, Romania

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5:41 pm PDT, Mar 31, Marilyn Bernstein, Massachusetts

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2:31 pm PDT, Mar 29, Susan Ryan, California

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7:51 pm PDT, Mar 28, Steven Heaver, New Jersey

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10:41 am PDT, Mar 27, Name not displayed, Washington D.C.

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8:03 am PDT, Mar 27, Tingyu Wu, Taiwan

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7:45 am PDT, Mar 21, Name not displayed, Florida

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9:52 am PDT, Mar 17, Stacey Duffy, California

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9:28 am PDT, Mar 17, Barbara Tomlinson, Washington
Refugees and their families should not be kept waiting in limbo for months.

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4:04 am PDT, Mar 17, Arthur Hanson, Ohio

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9:08 pm PDT, Mar 16, Alexander Haulman, California

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9:00 pm PDT, Mar 15, Joyce Conners, Florida
we need to monitor the system to ensure those who should be admitted are.

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5:49 pm PDT, Mar 15, Brent Baldwin, Texas

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10:33 am PDT, Mar 15, Amanda Mason, Virginia

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8:49 am PDT, Mar 15, Jennifer Macone, Oregon

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7:26 pm PDT, Mar 13, Christine Kwiecinski, New York

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7:14 pm PDT, Mar 13, Kelly Todd Brewer, Michigan

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9:15 am PDT, Mar 13, Joe Baker, California

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8:46 am PDT, Mar 13, Tierney Grinavic, Maryland

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7:48 am PDT, Mar 13, Llewellyn Ludlow, California

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10:57 pm PDT, Mar 12, Dave Schnitzler, Rhode Island

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