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redbirdThe administration wants to allow states, cities, and towns to allow, or block, refugee resettlement in that city or state. (There's a lawsuit challenging this, but who knows what will happen?)
HIAS is asking Americans to call their governors and tell them to come out in favor of refugee resettlement. That link is to a page that will place a call to your governor's office for you, but I read the email and wrote my own script.
In case anyone wants it, here's the first part of what I left on Governor Baker's answering machine:
"Hello, my name is [real name]. I’m a constituent from Belmont. Please tell the governor to declare his support for refugee resettlement in Massachusetts." (I then said that this is particularly important to me because my mother was a refugee.)
HIAS is asking Americans to call their governors and tell them to come out in favor of refugee resettlement. That link is to a page that will place a call to your governor's office for you, but I read the email and wrote my own script.
In case anyone wants it, here's the first part of what I left on Governor Baker's answering machine:
"Hello, my name is [real name]. I’m a constituent from Belmont. Please tell the governor to declare his support for refugee resettlement in Massachusetts." (I then said that this is particularly important to me because my mother was a refugee.)
