Norman Vaughn-Hulbert: Politicians caved in, voted out of fear

In response to your editorial, “Our View: The ‘principled’ vote to punish refugees” (Page 11A, Nov. 21): I don’t always agree with the Sun-Star’s editors, but your editorial Board got it 100 percent right with the “principled” vote to punish refugees. I am terribly disappointed in our eight California Democrats who voted for HR 4038, which only piles onto an already stringent vetting process in place for Syrian refugees fleeing Islamic terror. It was indeed a vote that “pandered to the worst instincts of a nation struggling not to let fear overwhelm its most fundamental values.”

We expect our representatives to stand up and vote for our countries core values, not their own personal agendas.

This story was originally published November 23, 2015 at 1:01 PM with the headline "Norman Vaughn-Hulbert: Politicians caved in, voted out of fear."