Contributor: The U.S. failed refugees during the Holocaust. Trump's Libya plan would too

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Contributor: The U.S. failed refugees during the Holocaust. Trump's Libya plan would too

In May 1939, a ship called the St. Louis departed from Hamburg, Germany, with 937 passengers, most of them Jews fleeing the Holocaust. They had been promised disembarkation rights in Cuba, but when the ship reached Havana, the government refused to let it dock. The passengers made desperate pleas to the U.S., including directly to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to allow them entry. Roosevelt never responded. The State Department wired back that they should “wait their turn” and enter legally.As if that were a realistic option available to them.After lingering off the coast of Florida hoping for a merciful decision ..