The American Bar Association has adopted a resolution written by a Sandy Hook man who is the President of the Connecticut Bar Association.  Monte Frank says the measure reaffirms and expands existing ABA policy regarding refugees. 

It calls for increased funding and legislation to process and handle refugee applications, and urges Congress to pass legislation that would provide for timely assessments of refugee applications.  The vote was cast at the ABA's midyear meeting in February. 

Frank relayed the story of his background, the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors and the great-grandson of those killed in Nazi death camps.  His ancestors were relocated to Palestine and eventually became refugees in New York, where they lived with family.