We asked all 22 presidential candidates to define a US refugee policy. Few had clear answers

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Source: The Guardian

Last week, the Guardian contacted the campaigns of every candidate for the White House – 17 Republicans and five Democrats – to ask two questions. Should the US be accepting more refugees? And, as president, how would each candidate define US policy toward those seeking asylum from war-torn and impoverished countries?

But even as presidential candidates offer foreign policy pitches through a lens of moral leadership, just one of 22 contenders – former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley – said unequivocally that the US should take in more refugees and put forward a specific number. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Democrat called on the government to accept 65,000 refugees from Syria over the next year.

“If Germany – a country with one-fourth our population – can accept 800,000 refugees this year, certainly we – the nation of immigrants and refugees – can do more,” O’Malley said in a statement.

Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, a Republican, suggested on Sunday that no additional refugees should be taken in until the US contends with the threat posed by the Islamic State.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/07/refugee-crisis-immigration-us-presidential-candidates?CMP=ema_565

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1. Brazil -with all their problems- has already accepted 1,700. We can certainly do at least as much.

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2. just one of 22 contenders – former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley – said unequivocally

that the US should take in more refugees and put forward a specific number. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Democrat called on the government to accept 65,000 refugees from Syria over the next year.

“If Germany – a country with one-fourth our population – can accept 800,000 refugees this year, certainly we – the nation of immigrants and refugees – can do more,” O’Malley said in a statement.

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3. Well done, O'Malley. n/t

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4. O'Malley has and so has Sanders. In his own words:

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5. I miss Big Ed.

Straight talk and plain speaking - with that progressive fire - every time.

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