Nov 16, 2015 The US has admitted only 2,000 Syrian refugees over the past 4+ years. On the heels of last week's attack in Paris, the major question surrounds how the US will respond militarily, but also in terms of its humanitarian outreach. Specifically, here in Massachusetts, Governor Baker joined several American governors in announcing Monday they will not allow any Syrian refugees to move to their states. At this point, the governors all appear to be Republican, and are using this as an opportunity to criticize Obama's perceived weakness on foreign policy. For more read here: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nat...tory.html?p1=Article_Related_Box_Article_More Few highlights: INDIANA (h/t @Swizz) Republican Gov. Mike Pence announced Monday that he was ordering state agencies to suspend the relocation of any more Syrian refugees to the state until he received assurances from the federal government that proper security measures had been taken. MISSISSIPPI Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday that he’s trying to find out if there are any plans by the federal government to relocate any Syrian refugees in the state and if there are the Republican said he will ‘‘do everything humanly possible’’ to stop it. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner joined the growing list of Republican governors who announced they want to prevent Syrian refugees from relocating in their states. In a statement issued Monday, Rauner said the state will ‘‘temporarily suspend accepting new Syrian refugees and consider all of our legal options pending a full review of the process by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.’’ Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced Sunday that he would refuse Syrian refugees relocating to the state, saying: ‘‘I will not stand complicit to a policy that places the citizens of Alabama in harm’s way.’’ Texas Governor Greg Abbott wrote to President Barack Obama that Texas “will not accept any refugees from Syria in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Paris.” He also implored Obama to halt accepting any Syrian refugees: In terms of presidential politics, Mike Huckabee has encouraged Speaker Paul Ryan to RESIGN if he doesn't aid efforts to stop Syrians from coming here. Jeb Bush suggested there should be a religious stipulation, so we are saving Christians alone. And Governor Bobby Jindal said he wants more information from the White House ‘‘in hopes that the night of horror in Paris is not duplicated here.’’ Jindal sent a letter to the White House on Saturday, demanding to know how many Syrian refugees have been resettled in his state. He also wants to know the extent of background screening before Syrians entered the U.S. United States as well as what monitoring would be done once the refugees make it to Louisiana. Now, granted there's a serious national security question at play here. Still, it's important to remember the US did not pursue an organized and specific rescue policy for Jewish victims of Nazi Germany until near the conclusion of European chapter, and the impact that had in contributing to the death of millions of Jews. Likewise, I could all Bono on you guys, and talk about Rwanda, etc. So, that preamble finished, I'm curious on your thoughts. How should we respond as a country to these refugees? @Cyreides @reservoirGod @Perry The Platypus @Skippy @Charlie Strangelove @WPG @Poohdini @Worm @Chad Warden @Michael Myers @Flacko @Koolo @JMG @emostar @Guma @white jesus @BigCountry @artYe @MTY @fezzer @Boyz N The Suburbs anyone else who wants to discuss civilly/vote
Nov 16, 2015 No definatly not. Nor should any other country have to, especially when maniacs are filtering through aswel.
Nov 16, 2015 I was actually tagged Thank you. OT; yes If something goes wrong over there, it won't affect me at all tbh.
Nov 16, 2015 Feel conflicted about this, and I'm probably not really in the position to debate this kind of thing but... On the one hand, they're people and they're in trouble... so I feel we should help them the same as any other... on the other hand.... Paris.
Nov 16, 2015 h--- no and this will be the moment everyone turns on Obama. Its not the worth the risk. We can't help everyone in the world. However we can go there and bomb the s--- out of ISIS and give these people a better country but letting them here when ISIS could be with them is out of the question. Call it too much baggage.
Nov 16, 2015 Millions of people around the world are in trouble but everyone cant be saved, they should stay and fight against the cancer that is ISIS, like people grandparents did in UK in the world wars.
Nov 16, 2015 It's a difficult question... out of curiosity to @JMG @Boyz N The Suburbs @Flacko @fezzer - was this ok? http://www.ushistory.org/us/51e.asp
Nov 16, 2015 Here we do (Holland) and a lot of people are against it. After what happened in Paris there is even more fear.. so I totally understand that people who live there are scared and don't want them, but on the other hand, those people need to go somewhere, innocent ones.
Nov 16, 2015 I'm in New York and one of the towns picked for refugees to come to is within 5 miles of me. It's pretty scary after what just happened. There's no nice way to say it but, no I don't want them here
Nov 16, 2015 for what it's worth, french authorities have pointed to a belgian national as the mastermind behind the paris attacks. i think that the holocaust still looms large over this sort of policy, as it should. and i'm not sure how invoking the paris attacks serves as anything other than fear mongering on a rhetorical level. are there national security concerns? absolutely. but while i'm not naive enough to think that we can thwart any pending attack, this is precisely what we have intelligence services for, right? to weed out people who are threats during the immigration process or to identify people who become radicalized once they live here? i understand concerns about letting people from the middle east into a country, even if it's only on a gut-reaction level. but i don't think turning away refugees on the basis that some terrorists could slide in with them is a defensible position. it goes without saying that the overwhelming majority of fleeing syrians are fleeing exactly the kind of terror that is being cited as a reason to turn them away.
Nov 16, 2015 I don't understand why so many people keep ignoring how many guns/weapons the Russians and West keep bringing into the conflict.
Nov 16, 2015 Nope. Not worth the risk. If even 1 makes it over it's 1 too many. It's not their fault, I feel for those people. Can't imagine living in a country of terror, but our countries safety should always come 1st.
Nov 16, 2015 Our best way to help them is win back there country. Unfortunately it took something catastrophic to really spark a debate about eliminating Isis
Nov 16, 2015 We should just kick EVERYBODY out of America, build a giant wall, and not let anybody in ever. Problem solved.
