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Re:Refugees Detained at U.S. Airports, Prompting Legal Chall... by pjc50 on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:27AM (#13507148)
> If this blanket policy saves even one life I would find it justified.

It's quite likely to cost lives, since it also applies to refugees and asylum seekers. I wouldn't be surprised to find that it results in at least one suicide over the next few months.

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Re:Refugees Detained at U.S. Airports, Prompting Legal Chall... by zo1 on Sunday January 29, 2017 @03:05AM (#13512936)
Sure definitely, but for the most part a government is tasked with protecting its own citizens. Not the entire world population. If that weren't the case then I'm sorry but no brownie points can be given as there are countless scores of individuals dying all over the world right now and we're not doing absolutely everything we can in our power to stop it.
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