U.S. rejected German Jewish refugees
According to a History Channel program (Third Reich: The Fall), during the reign of the Third Reich, almost 300,000 German Jews applied for American visas, two-thirds of which were rejected. In May of 1939, the St. Louis sailed from Germany with nearly 1000 Jewish refugees, but they were rejected by the United States, Canada, and Cuba, so they returned to Europe and were soon under Nazi rule.
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Reference: Imagining dialogue can boost critical thinking: Excerpt: “Examining an issue as a debate or dialogue between two sides helps people apply deeper, more sophisticated reasoning …”