The number of refugees has doubled since 1992 from 25 million to 40.3 million. Refugees are people who are forced to leave their home because of war, persecution, or natural disaster. Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, and Iran have a combined 9,379,400 refugees. Although many individuals believe that refugees are not beneficial to society, people should accept others from different walks of life because this country was founded on immigrants, they make communities safer, and refugee law are extremely successful when resettled.
While a number of people think that there should be stricter laws on allowing immigration, people often forget that the United States of America is based on immigrant families. According to a study, “Nearly half of the
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According to an article, “Rather than crime increasing, nine out of 10 of the communities actually became considerably safer, both in terms of their levels of violent and property crime” (Is there a Link Between Refugees and U.S. Crime Rates). It makes no sense that the US government would want to prevent refugees from coming the to Land of Opportunity if 90% of the time they make neighborhoods, cities, counties, states, and the United States of America a safer place for not just refugees to live, but civilians as well. This is important because it shows that refugees are here to make a better life for them and their families, they do not want to ruin that opportunity by being involved in crime related activities. Research from the “Partnership from the New American Economy” shows Southfield, Michigan, which was the sixth most populated area for immigrants between the time of 2006-2015. During this time violent crime rates decreased 77% and property crime decreased by 46% (Cwiek). All people deserve a second chance at life, so why does the house not allow more refugees to have a second chance in the United States of America. Therefore, if these individuals have proven that they are not a threat to humanity, then why is the government giving the illusion that they should not deserve a chance. The facts show that refugees lower crime rates by considerable margins while they live in the US, so why stop them from doing