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Breckinridge Long was in the US State Department during WW2. I have read several articles saying that he worked to block Jewish refugees from coming to the USA.
"In an intra-department memo he circulated in June 1940 Long wrote: "We can delay and effectively stop for a temporary period of indefinite length the number of immigrants into the United States. We could do this by simply advising our consuls to put every obstacle in the way and to require additional evidence and to resort to various administrative devices which would postpone and postpone and postpone the granting of the visas."[3][4]
"Ultimately, the effect of the immigration policies set by Long's department was that, during American involvement in the war, ninety percent of the quota places available to immigrants from countries under German and Italian control were never filled. If they had been, an additional 190,000 people could have escaped the atrocities being committed by the Nazis.[5] "
He also blocked Jewish refugees from going to the US Virgin Island which was part of the Department of the Interior.
What would have happened if he was not in the State Department during this time? Would more Jewish refugees been admitted to the USA?