[marki]

Mike I agree with you 100%. Without getting into issues of racism or xenophobia these people need our help and we need to be a little more compasionate about the way we do things. Over the years I have had a number of Sudanese students both males and females. Two of them really opened my eyes to the plight of children in these countries. The boy watched his father executed by soldiers when he was 5 years old. He was forced to bare arms and fight from that age until he escaped at 12 years old. The female was taken away from her family and raped at age 9. These kids have horrible scars all over their torso's, legs and arms where they were repeatedly beaten and abused. The best thing is that they are so happy, happy to be here safe from persecution, violence, hatred and torture. Their great big smiles and wonderful nature makes my day and help me believe in the strength of the human spirit no matter what hardships are endured. Open the gates and let them in. Other countries are doing far more then us, look at Germany.

Mark