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Title: Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., who is of Palestinian and Syrian descent, is the only Arab-American GOP lawmaker to fully opposed Trump’s travel ban.
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URL Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powe ... ry.html?utm_term=.4c62fd47f17d
Published: Feb 1, 2017
Author: By Elise Viebeck
Post Date: 2017-03-31 02:21:50 by Gatlin
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Views: 2377
Comments: 5
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) was born in the United States, the son of a Palestinian refugee father and a Syrian immigrant mother. So perhaps it’s no surprise that he is one of the GOP’s most outspoken critics of President Trump’s immigration order. “I’ve had both of those aspects in my life — the immigrant aspect and the refugee aspect,” Amash said in an interview Wednesday on Capitol Hill. “I believe it’s important that we remain a welcoming country, that people feel they have the opportunity to come here and start a new life.” Amash is one of six lawmakers of Arab descent suddenly thrust into the spotlight thanks to a heated national debate over Trump’s executive order banning entry into the United States for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees from around the world. But of the group’s five Republicans, Amash is the only one who fully opposes Trump’s order, despite widespread criticism of the policy and the way it has been applied to people from the Middle East. Copyrighted – Read the remainder of the expose here. 
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#1. To: Gatlin (#0)
The Amash family are Orthodox Christians.
It was posted that … But since you felt the need to bring up his religion … The answer to that will of course be: No. So, here, let me again educate you by informing you about the … You are most welcome …
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#2. To: hondo68 (#1)
Justin Amash is of Palestinian and Syrian descent and is the only Arab-American GOP lawmaker …
Nothing was posted about his religion. Justin Amash belongs to the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.
Do you know anything about the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch? The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.
There you go.
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