There's a grave concern that people are going to be brought over here and they're not going to be supported the way that we would want people to be supported in the united states. There is a regulation about the minimum number of spoons necessary for yes, everything is very carefully monitored. You can do things that way and tie yourself in knots and end up barely letting in any refugees at all. Or you can just have in the good that can come out of the other end of the generosity scale,. When kang vaun anley lan arrived, someone with a big house and lots of empty bedrooms took the three of them in for a few week. An apartment was found for them in
Malcolm tells the story of how his parents and their friends sponsored three Vietnamese refugees, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. And wonders: do we underestimate the value of ordinary acts of kindness?
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