Refuge or Refuse?
In December of 2015, an immigrant from Saudi Arabia went on a shooting spree in San Bernardino, California, with her husband (Grieder 21). The United States had trusted her enough to let her enter into the country of freedom and she betrayed that trust. The United States is left to wonder how many other refugees, immigrants, and migrants would do the same thing as the resident of San Bernardino. Even though refugees need a place to live, the United States should not accept any more refugees due to the financial issues that refugees bring, the threats that accompany extra people, and the multitude of problems associated with refugees. Refugees have no way to survive unless they have money; however, refugees cost the U.S.
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Refugees change how other countries view the United States (Gebert 16). Immigrants and refugees have already strained Texas’ infrastructure, crowded classrooms, and imported their culture (Grieder 21). A steady influx of people who have no jobs, money, or basic means of survival will damage the economy of the United States. The economy is already damaged as the U.S. is in trillions of dollars of debt. The refugees that enter into the country only make the debt worse because they have no means to survive. There are some benefits to hosting refugees. In Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel accepted 800,000 refugees (LeBor 12). Germany has cancelled all deportation plans for Syrian refugees (LeBor 12). This has benefitted Germany by bring up the population and adding to the dwindling workforce (LeBor 14). In addition to helping the economy, Merkel brought in more refugees because they are fleeing for their lives. The public helps out the refugees by donating supplies (LeBor 14). Now, 800,000 more people are safe and have a place to live with hope for their …show more content…
The war in Syria is not very easy to stop, there are not enough jobs to go around, and granting citizenship to fewer people only creates more illegal immigrants (Yang 42). While there are ways to benefit from refugees, the U.S. is not close to needing refugees to help the economy or population. Refugees will not benefit the U.S. and should not be let into its borders. Refugees cause problems with other countries, result in terrorism, and cost too much money. The U.S. cannot benefit from refugees.
Works Cited
Dunn, Elizabeth. "The Refugee Crisis Is Here to Stay." Boston Review, vol. 40, no. 6, Nov/Dec 2015, pp. 10-12. OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson).
Gerbert, Konstanty. "Declaring the Rights of Migrants." Moment Magazine, vol. 41, no. 4, July/August 2016, pp. 16. Humanities International Complete.
Grieder, Erica. "No Refuge." Texas Monthly, vol. 44, no.1, Jan 2016, pp. 18-22. OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson).
LeBor, Adam. "Europe's Conscience." Newsweek Global, vol. 165, no. 10, Sept. 18, 2015, pp. 12. MasterFILE Premier.
Yang, Jingmin. "Solving the Refugee Crisis Together." China Today, vol. 65, no.10, Oct. 2016, pp. 40-42. Academic Search