Opinion | Help Afghan Refugees and They'll Help America

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Over the past 70 years, waves of Cuban, Hungarian, Iranian and Vietnamese immigrants fleeing communism and Islamism have transformed themselves from desperate refugees into icons of the American dream through hard work and initiative, the strength of their families and communities, and above all their recognition that the freedoms they enjoy as Americans aren't free.
51% : Giving those victims of communism a home in the U.S. became a national crusade.
45% : Cuban-Americans are probably the best-known example of refugees from communism who built powerful bonds of loyalty to the U.S.
36% : A large proportion had to subsist on welfare, especially women heads of households whose husbands had been murdered by the Khmer Rouge.

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