I don’t understand this. They escaped to a safe haven. And since they are safe where they are, why can’t they stay there, get jobs,and start a new life just like they want to do here. They’ve been there for over a year and they won’t have to move again, relocate their kids in schools or neighborhoods by finding a residence. Therefore, they have accomplished their goal of finding a safe haven.
Looking at it the other way, they used to call this having your cake and eating it, too. In other words, once the cake is eaten, it is gone. It can be used to say that one cannot or should not have or want more than one deserves or is reasonable. The proverb’s meaning is similar to the phrases “you can’t have the best of both worlds.”
rwood
I don’t understand this. They escaped to a safe haven. And since they are safe where they are, why can’t they stay there, get jobs,and start a new life just like they want to do here.
My thought perzactly.
"why can’t they stay there, get jobs,and start a new life just like they want to do here?" The problem is that you did not read the part of the article where is states that,
Enacted in 1989 to enable Jews and Christian minorities from the former Soviet Union to settle in the United States as refugees, the Lautenberg Amendment was expanded in 2003 to include Iranian religious minorities. Austria agreed to serve as a transit point. The applicants cannot work, attend school or receive government benefits while they wait for the United States to process their cases.
The real question is why would the NYT be advocating for them, which is the issue of the next post.
Ya want more cake?
Learn to BAKE!