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Refugees shouldn’t whine about entry delay

Protesters hold up signs against President Donald Trump’s refugee ban at Miami International Airport on Sunday.
Protesters hold up signs against President Donald Trump’s refugee ban at Miami International Airport on Sunday. cmguerrero@elnuevoherald.com

I am a longtime immigrant to the United States. When I applied for permanent residency 40-plus years ago, I had to get a police report from my home country, then had a medical exam to determine if I had TB or syphilis.

I then had to sign an affidavit stating that I had never belonged to any organization that advocated the overthrow of the government of the United States.

This along with other seemingly endless paperwork took the best part of a year before I was granted a “green card.” It really was green and had two important lines:

1. Must be carried at all times.

2. Must be produced upon demand by any law enforcement officer.

Why are these “refugees” crying about a 90-day delay?

Kenneth Clark

Bradenton

This story was originally published February 26, 2017 at 4:14 PM with the headline "Refugees shouldn’t whine about entry delay."

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