Dear American Internet, Accepting Syrian refugees into the United States increases the likelihood of...
Dear American Internet,
Accepting Syrian refugees into the United States increases the likelihood of attacks on the U.S. Please stop pretending it doesn't. If I were hellbent on attacking the U.S., and I had a bunch of people in my country who wanted to help me, and many other people from my country were going to get access into the U.S. ... of course, I would send operatives to the U.S. as part of that group of refugees.
That said, this is not a reason to exclude all or most Syrian refugees from entry. But this is a hard problem. I believe there are good solutions out there -- that will significantly mitigate the dangers while allowing many refugees in -- but I haven't heard one yet, and I have no faith in our federal government to implement one.
Also, the federal government has the authority to exclude Muslim Syrian refugees from entry. But governors have no such authority to exclude them, once the federal government allows them in.
Accepting Syrian refugees into the United States increases the likelihood of attacks on the U.S. Please stop pretending it doesn't. If I were hellbent on attacking the U.S., and I had a bunch of people in my country who wanted to help me, and many other people from my country were going to get access into the U.S. ... of course, I would send operatives to the U.S. as part of that group of refugees.
That said, this is not a reason to exclude all or most Syrian refugees from entry. But this is a hard problem. I believe there are good solutions out there -- that will significantly mitigate the dangers while allowing many refugees in -- but I haven't heard one yet, and I have no faith in our federal government to implement one.
Also, the federal government has the authority to exclude Muslim Syrian refugees from entry. But governors have no such authority to exclude them, once the federal government allows them in.
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