How do Americans Feel about Syrian Refugees?
By Sherry
@norcal (4889)
Franklinton, North Carolina
November 16, 2015 6:16pm CST
Europe has been experiencing huge numbers of Syrian refugees. The war in Syria is driving regular people out. These are people who are Muslims, because that is what they born into, but they are not extremists. They are people who are just trying to survive.
They are running from the terrorists. Many more of them have been killed than Europeans. However, their deaths are not important. They are not important to Isis, and they are not important to most Americans or Europeans.
President Obama agreed to take in 10,000 refugees to America. Many mayors have refused to take any of these people into their cities. This is a tiny percentage of the number of people who flood into Europe each day, and the refugees are supposed to go through the most robust security process of anybody who’s contemplating travel to the United States, be screened by the National Counter Terrorism Center, and by the FBI Terrorist Screening Center.
The mayors of many Americans cities have publicly said that they refuse to allow any of the refugees into their cities. The recent attacks in France have reinforced these sentiments. How to regular Americans feel about this, should we stop taking in any of these refugees?
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@suziecat7 (3349)
• Asheville, North Carolina
17 Nov 15
The fear, I think, is that the vetting process is not stringent enough. Though most people know that most Muslims are not terrorists and feel for their plight, they worry that the chances of extremists slipping in undetected is too much of a possibility. ISIS sucks for all concerned.
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@suziecat7 (3349)
• Asheville, North Carolina
17 Nov 15
@norcal If they are not already here.
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@Pattitude (1286)
• Newton, North Carolina
17 Nov 15
You are wrong about most people thinking they are NOT terrorists. Reverse that, most think they are terrorists. I am so sick of all of the bigotry and racism.
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@troyburns (1405)
• New Zealand
17 Nov 15
There is going to much more of this scaredy-cat ill-feeling in the months ahead. I'm guessing, but I suspect that this won't just be about Syrian refugees for too long. The signs are already there that ALL Muslims will become suspects in the West. Fear tends to breed an us-and-them mentality, unfortunately.
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@Pattitude (1286)
• Newton, North Carolina
17 Nov 15
I fear that something similar will happen as to what the Japanese-Americans experienced.
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@Pattitude (1286)
• Newton, North Carolina
17 Nov 15
I feel really bad for them. I have been reading a lot of ignorant posts on Facebook and twitter most of the day about closing the borders and the ignorant state governors who say they will refuse the refugees. But there's not a darn thing they can do about where they are placed.
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@Pattitude (1286)
• Newton, North Carolina
17 Nov 15
@norcal People are worried that the terrorists will piggyback through the refugees. But they are sadly mistaken if they do not think that they are already here. Just waiting for their move. I don't think it will be NYC, they know they will be watched there.
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@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
17 Nov 15
@Pattitude I agree with you. I think getting into the US as a Syrian refugee would be very difficult. They are already here, and there are easier ways for them to get in than posing as a refugee.
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@msiduri (5687)
• United States
5 Feb 16
The most difficult was to enter the country is as a refugee. Nothing is certain, of course, but the putative terrorist sneaking into the country would have better luck coming in by other ways. But I think the most likely danger is people already here, regardless of origin, becoming radicalized. In the meantime, we could should a little compassion and take some of the refugees in.
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