{"id":57280,"date":"2015-11-17T15:11:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T20:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=57280"},"modified":"2015-11-17T15:12:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T20:12:23","slug":"new-nyc-mayor-issues-statement-on-syrian-refugees-addresses-trump-christie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/new-nyc-mayor-issues-statement-on-syrian-refugees-addresses-trump-christie\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Issues Statement on Syrian Refugees, Addresses Trump & Christie"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mayor de Blasio today released a series of statements on Syrian refugees, comments made by Governor Chris Christie and Donald Trump<\/a>, and Muslim-Americans and Muslims living in New York City.<\/p>\n Statement from Mayor de Blasio on Syrian refugees:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe should not close our borders to any group of people fleeing the atrocities and horrors of terrorism. To do so is to hand terrorists a victory over our democracy, strengthened over the years by Americans who died or risked their lives for it. We are a strong country. We can protect our country with the appropriate and intensive screening and accept refugees seeking our protection at the same time. New York City is a proud immigrant city, and we will not turn our back on that history or the people being persecuted and fleeing war.\u201d<\/p>\n