Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick from Detroit, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus just said in a speech aired on CNN,
“We come to you this morning as a sense of urgency. First of all, these people are not refugess, they are American citizens. They pay taxes, they raise their families, they help America grow and I wish the media would called them American citizens and not refugess which relegates them to another whole status.“
Well, well said. I will be noting which channels and media outlets refer to these people as refugees from now on. See also said that Detroit is offering to airlift out 500 families immediately and to house and feed them. That is probably around 2000 people. While that isn’t a whole lot, if a few more cities did the same we would have one issue resolved immediately.
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According the the Detroit Free Press as of 8pm on 9/3, the state of MI has offered to take up to 10,000 evacuees. They are waiting on word from FEMA whether or not they will be needing to relocate families this far north.
Also, I’m sure that you’re aware that Sen Kilpatrick’s son is the mayor of Detroit, who is up for re-election in November.
These people ARE refugees. Can’t you understand that poor people in ALL corners of the world suffer equally from the ravages of war and natural disasters? If you’re offended by the term refugee being applied to americans, you need to re-examine the way you look at the world because you are seriously demeaning a thousand human tragedies by evaluating them based on lines on a map.
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