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When FDR Turned Away Refugees

Fear Factor

Long before Trump exhorted us to fear the immigrants at our gates, American have gullibly gone along with leaders who exploit the specter of alien enemies hidden among us.

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A brutal foreign war displaces millions, many of them clamoring for refuge in America. In the midst of the crisis, an American presidential candidate warns the nation that it faces “new methods of attack.

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