Refugee “Crisis” Over the past few weeks, starting on November 13, 2015, there has been a great deal of commotion over terrorism and the group commonly referred to as ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The terrorist group has recently attacked countries such as France, Russia, Syria, and more. The attack in Paris alone caused around 130 casualties and left around 350 innocent people injured. After all the chaos, there are many Syrians seeking refuge to avoid the inevitable terror in their country. However, many Americans are strongly against allowing Syrian refugees to come to the United States because they fear the chance of an ISIS member living on our land. Around half of the fifty states have already stated that they are refusing Syrian refugees, while less than ten are definitely accepting them. President Obama is supportive of the refugees and is encouraging states to allow them, but what happens if the majority of the states refuse? There is a simple solution to this problem: Refugees should be allowed in all fifty states under strict regulations and monitoring of those of combat age for the next several years. …show more content…
Many Americans are misinformed about the process that immigrants go through to get to the United States. The immigration law practitioner Scott Hicks explains this process in depth in his article on the topic:
First, you do not get to choose what country you might be resettled into… Resettlement in the U.S. is a long process and takes many steps… U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) within DHS conducts refugee interviews and determines individual eligibility for refugee status in the United States. We evaluate refugees on a tiered