Learning to Welcome the Stranger
On September 28th, the House Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest held a hearing on the United States’ refugee resettlement plan for the upcoming fiscal year. As I watched the hearing, I was struck by how much the discussion reflected the complete polarization of views that has become evident across the country over the last few years. There seems to be two primary questions dominating our national discussion about refugee resettlement: Is it more important...