Syrian Refugees Relieved Not To Be Sent To Detroit
LANSING, Mich — Nearly 10,000 refugees arriving in the United States over the next 11 months were relieved to learn that they would not be sent to Detroit, sources report.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder suspended efforts to relocate Syrians displaced by the country's civil war earlier this week "until a more reasonable and humane solution" could be found.
"They have already been through so much," Snyder told the Detroit Free Press. "To be sent to another city in ruins with a corrupt and ineffectual government seems like a cruel joke."
The city, while boasting the title "Most Dangerous City in America" for three years running, is still statistically safer than Syria. However, refugees have their heart set on "The American Dream" and will settle for nothing less.
"At first I was excited to learn about Detroit's 'lions' and 'tigers,'" said Eid Al Fayez from his tent in Turkey's Nizip Refugee Camp, who reportedly ate the Al-Qarya al-Shama Zoo's lions to survive. "But then I found out they were…
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