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Dear President Obama: "We Will Give Him a Family"

September 21, 2016

Alex is six years old. After seeing a distressing photo of a young boy in Syria, Alex wrote a letter asking President Obama to help bring that boy to America so he could be part of Alex's family. Learn more: obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/refugees