On April 15, 2013, the Christian Patriarch Gregorios warned, "There is no safe place left in Syria." The options were, "Leave or die!" Hundreds of thousands of Christians have since been driven from their homes, murdered or enslaved in Iraq and Syria.

On March 7, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution labeling the ISIS atrocities against Christian groups "genocide," a term the Obama administration had refused to use. On March 18, after months of foot dragging, the administration finally made the declaration of genocide.

Having survived genocide in their homeland and the treacherous journey to Europe, Christians became victims of physical and sexual assault by Muslims in European refugee camps. Gatestone Institute detailed more than 300 incidents between February and April in Germany alone. In October, a 24-year-old Iranian refugee in a camp was beaten unconscious. His crime: He had converted to Christianity.

More than six months after the genocide declaration the Obama administration has done next to nothing to aid the Christian victims of this continuing atrocity. Of the 7,000 Syrian refugees the Obama administration brought into the U.S., as of July 31, 2016, only 23 were Christians. That's three-hundredths of 1 percent, folks. Prior to this genocide, Christians accounted for 10 percent of the Syrian population.

Clearly, Christians have been discriminated against in the refugee selection process. The Obama administration's failure is obvious, shameful and inexcusable. Let's have affirmative action for the Christian victims Hillary chooses to ignore. No refugees should come into this country until Christians have their fair share. Put presidential candidates on the spot. Don't tolerate "Islamaphobic" as an excuse, distraction or accusation. The subject is, "The ignored Christian victims of genocide in Iraq and Syria," a genocide which the administration itself declared six months ago.

Jim Schwarz

New London