That position is one that her father vehemently opposed as a candidate and as president. He has issued two executive orders temporarily blocking refugees from being resettled in the United States, both of which have been blocked by federal judges. Trump also has repeatedly said that Syrian refugees need to be relocated to a “safe zone” within Syria.

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“I think there is a global humanitarian crisis that's happening, and we have to come together, and we have to solve it,” Ivanka Trump said in an interview from Berlin, where she appeared at a conference of female representatives of G-20 nations.

Asked about allowing Syrian refugees into the United States, Ivanka Trump replied: “That has to be part of the discussion, but that’s not going to be enough in itself.”

Trump's appearance in Berlin, at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, was met with some skepticism Tuesday when she defended her father as a champion of women. Some in the crowd hissed and booed at her comments, but she later chalked it up to “politics.”

Ivanka Trump's comments on Syrian refugees will raise new questions about the implications of her disagreements with U.S. policy, especially now that she is a government employee and an official adviser to her father.

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In the past, she has defended her ability to influence her father in areas where they disagree.

“I would say not to conflate lack of public denouncement with silence,” Ivanka Trump said in a recent CBS interview. “I think there are multiple ways to have your voice heard.”