12-30-2016, 07:42 PM
Our government bases their decisions on what refugees to accept on, surprise surprise, politics. A refugee fleeing a war-torn country like Syria is an easy decision after vetting because of the situation of their home. But someone fleeing other countries have to be looked at in the political capital that could be gained or lost through their acceptance. Their home country will find out, and by accepting them as a refugee our government is saying that their state is either incapable of protecting the person or complicit in the persecution. That is a diplomatic pond that has a thin layer of ice upon it which our government must tread.
I would love to see our government take every refugee that needed the help. Unfortunately, politics play a role in everything, and so it is a large factor in this.
I would love to see our government take every refugee that needed the help. Unfortunately, politics play a role in everything, and so it is a large factor in this.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
