Class notes

• Trump is making it harder to get into the United States and apply for asylum
• The S.S. St. Louis left Nazi, Germany with 900 jews on board and tried to apply for asylum but was rejected by the U.S.,  Canada, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina
• Non Reforma (not returning)
• 1951 United Nations Meeting
• Persecution
• Carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing the oppression of Nazi Germany, the German ocean liner MS St. Louis was anchored so close to the Florida coast, its passengers could see the lights of Miami. 
• Some of the passengers had cabled President Franklin D. Roosevelt asking for refuge, but Roosevelt didn't respond. Still recovering from the Great Depression, the nation was in no mood to accept more immigrants to compete for scarce jobs -- polls showed 83 percent of Americans opposed relaxing restrictions on immigration.