today 80 years ago, US refuses asylum to jews
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"80 years ago today, the United States denied entry to the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying over 900 Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who were seeking asylum.
The captain even tried to run the ship aground to let his passengers escape, but the Coast Guard blocked him on orders from the Secretary of State. The St. Louis was eventually forced to return to Europe with its passengers, about 250 of whom were later murdered by the Nazis.
So in case you think this kind of thing is new, that the U.S. is only just now starting to refuse asylum-seekers and force them at gunpoint to return to countries where their lives are in danger, just remember the St. Louis
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