WASHINGTON DC - Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D) demanded Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) rethink his opposition to letting Syrian refugees enter the state of Illinois.
Using liberal, bleeding-heart rhetoric in a letter to Rauner, Durbin told the Governor to use the holiday season and take time to meet with Syrian refugees already living in Illinois. “You will learn that the careless and mean-spirited rhetoric from many political leaders does not reflect the reality of their sad lives,” Durbin wrote.
Last week, Rauner announced that he would temporarily stop accepting Syrian refugees into his state, pointing to the terror attacks in Paris, which killed 130 people, as evidence of “the all-too-real security threats facing America.” Rauner is one of 28 governors who have said they will halt refugee admissions into their states in the wake of the Paris attacks, until the federal government can properly vet them.
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