![]() ![]() ![]() But it's incredibly unlikely the government will reach that goal - given that the US has taken in barely 2,000 Syrian refugees in a period of more than four years.įurthermore, it's only recently that the US has started processing many Syrian refugees at all. In theory, the US has pledged to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees in fiscal year 2016 (which began this month). The US has admitted only 2,000 Syrian refugees over the past four-plus years The federal government has just, in 2015, started devoting enough resources to screening refugees who've fled Syria to start allowing them to come into the country in any numbers at all. The sad truth is that the US's insistence on screening Syrian refugees carefully, and its almost paranoid aversion to admitting anyone whose family might have had any form of contact with any extremist group at any point, created a bottleneck that for years prevented nearly any Syrian refugee from coming to the US. But it's bitterly, tragically ironic that this idea is gaining momentum right now. The rationale is that the US isn't doing enough to screen refugees before they enter the country - running the risk of ISIS infiltration. Republican presidential candidates are calling to limit immigration to only Christian refugees (or to end it entirely), and several Republican governors are now openly refusing to allow any Syrian refugees to resettle in their states. Outright refusal to allow Syrian refugees into the US is gaining steam among Republicans. ![]()
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