Editorial: The US must not abandon its commitment to refugees fleeing war and persecution

World War II lasted six years and caused the deaths of about 60 million people, three-quarters of them civilians. It involved some 40 nations - significantly more than half of the countries in existence at the time - and laid waste to vast swaths of Europe, Asia, North Africa and islands scattered across the western Pacific. By the time the war ended, an additional 60 million people had been forced from their homes and often