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Informative Essay On Syrian Refugees

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As we know today there has been a lot of talk about with the allowance of Syrian refugees into the United States. There has been a variety of responses in the US, which compares to what happened to the Jews during the time of the Holocaust. The Americans are responding to this situation very similarly to when the Jews tried to come and settle in during World War II. In comparison to the refugee situation, the Holocaust was very similar mostly by the responses that the US made. When the Holocaust began Jews tried to migrate as far as possible from Germany but as they did that they sometimes settled into countries that the Germans didn’t like which meant that the Jews would be captured. So since the US and Germany didn’t get along with each other we didn’t allow Jews to settle in. The US had a fear that they would try to send Jews to spy and sabotage us in favor of Germany. From that fear, the US didn’t even think about accepting any Jews during the years of the War and even the years before it. But even with the fear and their knowledge of what was going on in Europe they still didn’t allow acceptance to the Jews. …show more content…

The number of entry visas became more limited because of the strict Immigration Law passed by the United States Congress in 1924. But despite all these limitations Jews still found their way into the United States. More than 200,000 Jews entered between the years of 1933-1945. The United States ignored this problem even though they knew it was happening. The ignored this problem because they didn’t want to get involved or have any more problems to worry about than the ones they already had. This heavily influenced their decision in the deny of jewish refugees from the

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