Canada Just Totally Puts Us to Shame When It Comes to Welcoming Refugees

As President Barack Obama pushes back against a chorus of anti-refugee sentiments in the United States, a New York Times article Thursday shows that for our neighbors to the north, “refugees welcome” is more than just a campaign slogan: it's a promise that is being kept.

“Across Canada, ordinary citizens, distressed by news reports of drowning children and the shunning of desperate migrants, are intervening in one of the world’s most pressing problems,” Damon Winters writes. In fact, as Canada aims to relocate 25,000 refugees across the country...
http://www.alternet.org/immigration/canadian-refugee-sponsorship-program-shows-right-way-welcome-refugees