All over the world there are people running from oppressive and dangerous places. A brutal civil war has been raging in Syria since 2011. Fighting between various armed forces and ethnic groups in Burma over the last several years has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians. The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo is trying to undemocratically remain in power. These are only a few examples of the tragedies that cause civilians to lose homes, families, and lives. Worldwide there are over twenty million refugees who have escaped treacherous conditions such as these. A refugee is a person who is unable to return to his or her home country because of a well-justified fear of persecution. Providing a safe place for these victims to reside in is a duty the United States should commit to.
For the last six years, citizens of Syria have been fleeing the horrific place their home has turned into. Many children are not able to get an education because there are no teachers available or their school has simply been destroyed. According to BBC News, the use of chemical weapons, weapons that are banned by international law for being to cruel, has been proven in the civil war. Allowing people from Syria into the
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In America, the process to be a resident refugee is long and arduous. The process is broken down into nine steps: the refugees identify themselves to the U.N. Refugee Center, the applicants are received by the Resettlement Support Center, U.S. security agencies conduct the highest level of security check, refugees are interviewed by the Department of Homeland Security, they are fingerprinted, a medical check is given, applicants attend cultural orientation classes, travelling to the U.S. begins, and finally, the refugees arrive in America. This procedure is nowhere near simple or fast but it is worth it when it saves