Please tell me what bringing Muslims to America has anything to do with "keeping our American values.'
What is this holier than thou stuff! On May 13, 1939, the German transatlantic liner St. Louis sailed
from Hamburg, Germany, for Havana, Cuba. On the voyage were 937 passengers. Almost all were Jews
fleeing from the Third Reich.
After Cuba denied entry to the passengers on the St. Louis, the press throughout Europe and the Americas,
including the United States, brought the story to millions of readers throughout the world. Though US newspapers
generally portrayed the plight of the passengers with great sympathy, only a few journalists and editors suggested
that the refugees be admitted into the United States.
Sailing so close to Florida that they could see the lights of Miami, some passengers on the St. Louis cabled
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asking for refuge. Roosevelt never responded. The State Department and
White House had decided not to take extraordinary measures to permit the refugees to enter the United
States. A State Department telegram sent to a passenger stated that the passengers must "await their
turns on the waiting list and qualify for and obtain immigration visas before they may be admissible into
the United States." US diplomats in Havana intervened once more with the Cuban government to admit
the passengers on a "humanitarian" basis, but without success.
If ever people needed help from the US because of persecution it was these 1000 Jews who were sent
back to Germany. So don't cry for these displaced Syrians who should be fighting ISIS in their homeland.
American Values my ass!