Don’t blame refugees for Paris attacks

Several Republican presidential candidates have criticised Obama administration for allowing the arrival of refugees fleeing the Syrian war. They are the most vulnerable as a effect of civil war and strife.

Although Snyder had a reputation as one of the most pro-immigration governors in the country, he noted in the statement that circumstances had forced him to change.

“We don’t have the right nor do we wish to send them away again because they are under global law entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention on asylum and refugees, so they have to be welcomed and received, they have to be housed, they have to be offered sustenance and healthcare and education for children while we process the application”, O’Sullivan said.

A few experts say that is exactly what the Islamic State wants, as its members aim to discourage Syrians from fleeing their so-called caliphate and have framed the conflict against them as a religious, apocalyptic clash of civilizations.

The Journal’s editorial board is correct on that point – but wrong, as are Kasich and others, to call for a blanket prohibition.

Yes, the United States should be vigilant and careful about whom it admits.

The news has left many to question what should happen with the Syrian refugee program in the U.S.

For that reason, at a minimum, the controversy has underscored the impracticality of Obama’s September announcement that the United States would take in another 10,000 Syrians this fiscal year.

Should Oklahoma also refuse refugees just in case of any ISIS ties, or should we welcome our distressed fellow human beings?

The mystery surrounding the passport isn’t whether the papers are real or fake, it’s whether the jihadi bomber really did enter Europe with a wave of refugees or whether he simply wanted it to appear that way. Virtually all have been Sunni Muslims.

Donald Trump already promised to kick out all Syrian refugees if he’s elected president.

ABC News reports that governors in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, OH and Texas announced they were suspending resettlement plans for people looking to escape the violence in Syria.

Syrian refugees continue to arrive in Europe, but no extended vetting measures have been taken despite the news that at least one of the Paris terrorists arrived as a refugee in October.

A man has been detained in Serbia after he was found carrying a Syrian passport matching the same details as one found near the body of one of the Paris suicide bombers.

The man arrested 14 November was found in a refugee center in the southern town of Presevo, the Serbian newspaper Blic reported, according to the Guardian.

Taking to heart the saying “No good deed goes unpunished” doesn’t mean forgoing good deeds, but the terrorist attacks in Paris should give all nations reason to use caution when extending a helping hand. Sengabo says he traveled many miles on foot before landing in the United States in 1997. Knee-jerk reactions, such as barring all refugees from Syria, would not contribute to those goals.