What We Mean When We Talk About 'Refugees'

Mobile attorney David Allen authored this 2017 article on the state of U.S. immigration matters for publication on AL.com, concluding that the Trump Administration's immigration ban — preventing some deserving refugees from entering the U.S. — "is both too narrow and too broad to adequately address the underlying security issue." Moreover, he addressed an issue close to the hearts of Alabama residents, saying:

[F]or the majority of Alabama's population, the efficacy and conflict-of-interest arguments against the ban should take a backseat to the Christian moral ethics that it violates.

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