x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by sc.lmhostediq.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:37:23 -0500 thread-index: AdE8+I+hGmDXO8Y3S6WPpiX2Thlvmg== Thread-Topic: Syrian Refugees From: To: Subject: Syrian Refugees Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:37:22 -0500 Message-ID: <416665448CE7405F95CC724A6E02330E@IQ12> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Dec 2015 20:37:23.0194 (UTC) FILETIME=[8FC31DA0:01D13CF8] CUSTOM Mr Ken Tevebaugh PO Box 3242 Rock Hill SC 29732 ken-tevebaugh@att.net 803-831-7880 IMMI Syrian Refugees 70.193.7.38 Governor Haley - I recently read of your attempts to prevent the resettling of Syrian refugees in SC and I am very disappointed. Disappointed on three levels - 1) As a follower of the teachings of Jesus, I subscribe to his teachings that the only commandments are to love God and your neighbor (Mark 12-30 & Matt 22-36); as well as his statement that we will be judged on how we treat the least of our brothers and sisters (Matt 34 - 40). 2) As a veteran and the son and brother of veterans all of whom served their country so that men and women could live free of tyranny and persecution, I still believe the words of Emma Lazarus which are inscribed on the Statue of Liberty "A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Our country has been built by and has prospered from immigrants of all nationalities and beliefs. 3) As a pragmatist, I cannot believe that any prospective terrorist would go through the 2+ year wait and intense scrutiny to which refugees from any country are submitted, when their terrorist organization could easily provide them with a purchased, stolen or forged passport or a tourist visa from a "safe country" in a few days and with these documents, the terrorist could just walk through the front door. In looking over mass killings over the last few years, the only perpetrators were US Citizens ! There were no refugees from any country, no foreign terrorists. Some of the citizens were veterans, many were Christians, and only a very few were Muslim. I fail to see how banning refugees would do anything to protect the country - rather it only serves to fuel the hysteria and fear mongering that drowns out the search for real solutions. 2015 San Bernadino 14 dead US Citizen 2015 Colorado Springs, Co 3 dead US Citizen 2015 Rosebud, OR 9 dead US Citizen (White Supremacist) 2015 Chattanooga, TN 5 dead US Citizen (Naturalized) 2015 Charleston, SC 9 dead US Citizen (White Supremacist) 2014 Isla Vista, CA 6 dead US Citizen 2014 Ft. Hood, TX 3 dead US Citizen (Veteran) 2013 Washington, DC 12 dead US Citizen (Veteran) 2013 Santa Monica, CA 5 dead US Citizen 2012 Newtown, CT 27 dead US Citizen 2012 Brookfield, WI 3 dead US Citizen (Veteran) 2012 Minneapolis, MN 6 dead US Citizen 2012 Oak Creek, WI 6 dead US Citizen (Veteran) 2012 Aurora, CO 12 dead US Citizen I would encourage you to stop showboating for the press and get down to the real, hard and long term work needed. Work like a sensible restriction of the purchase of military weapons, mental help for returning veterans and setting an example of calmness, maturity and rationality during times of crisis. Ken Tevebaugh 4005 Kingfisher Dr York, SC