Name:   Casey - Subject:   Close family ties Date:   6/30/2017 8:56:55 PM

Do you (not the personal 'you') all know the difference between an immigrant and a refugee?  I am not proud to admit that I didn't really know the difference until recently.  I could fill this page with what a refugee is and what he/she has to go through to be accepted as a refugee and the reasons why that is the designation.  They really don't have a lot of choice.  If they are fortuate to arrive here without family, it is a horrendous punishment to not be able to have grandparents (if they qualify) join them.  Please, do a bit of research.  And also do some research as to the contributions the refugees have made to our country.  Also, my grandson was a student for a year in France.  I was fortunate and happily able to visit him and meet his roomates and see his apartment.  That was great.  There are so many immigrant students in the USA........sadly, now not all grandparents can visit them.  'Nuff said from me.  It's just very sad to me.