Refugee “Crisis” Over the past few weeks, starting on November 13, 2015, there has been a great deal of commotion over terrorism and the group commonly referred to as ISIS, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The terrorist group has recently attacked countries such as France, Russia, Syria, and more. The attack in Paris alone caused around 130 casualties and left around 350 innocent people injured. After all the chaos, there are many Syrians seeking refuge to avoid the inevitable terror in their country. However, many Americans are strongly against allowing Syrian refugees to come to the United States because they fear the chance of an ISIS member living on our land. Around half of the fifty states have already stated that they are refusing Syrian refugees, while less than ten are definitely accepting them. President Obama is supportive of the refugees and is encouraging states to allow them, but what happens if the majority of the states refuse? There is a simple solution to this problem: Refugees should be allowed in all fifty states under strict regulations and monitoring of those of combat age for the next several years. …show more content…
Many Americans are misinformed about the process that immigrants go through to get to the United States. The immigration law practitioner Scott Hicks explains this process in depth in his article on the topic:
First, you do not get to choose what country you might be resettled into… Resettlement in the U.S. is a long process and takes many steps… U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) within DHS conducts refugee interviews and determines individual eligibility for refugee status in the United States. We evaluate refugees on a tiered
Although the U.S. is allowing more Syrian refugees in, it still isn 't much. Having already left Europe
He noted that refugee resettlement became crucial after World War II when hundreds of thousands of civilians fled their countries in Europe. Also, thousands of Cuban children were sent to the US after the Cuban Revolution. America was part of resettling these refugees during these times. America has launched numerous refugee programs since World War II like the Displaced Persons Act in 1948, the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975, and the Refugee Act of 1980. These historical significances give the reader confidence in America that America did not overlook the issue and did not just watch people losing their lives due to the displacement of their homes.
The refugee process slowed down after 9/11 because of terrorism suspicion. The main suspicion was on the new comers. But the refugees who have been in the country long enough had better future for themselves as well as their
Once screened, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), within the Department of Homeland Security, oversee the lawful immigration of refugees to the United States. The Homeland Security Act of 2002, enacted after 9/11 terrorist attacks, created USCIS to improve the security and efficiency of admitting immigrants. Adjudicators at this agency interview refugees and decide if their claims align with U. S refugee law. Once a refugee is admitted, USCIS works with ORR to resettle them. Due heighten security concerns, communication and support from this agency is important for the advancement of your policy
The African seeking Asylum in U.S.A: Every year the POTUS in consultation with congress allocates regional refugee admissions as well as an overall admission ceiling, for example, 76,000 was the number of refugee admissions authorized in 2012 and 70,000 was proposed for 2013. (http://www.refugeehealthta.org/files/2011/10/FY-2013-Report-to-Congress.pdf) by the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Africa’s regional allocation has consistently been about 10% (12,000-15,000) of the ceiling for the last 5 years. In 2011 and 2012 alone conflicts in Africa have created 850,000 new refugees, therefore, for an African to be granted asylum in U.S among the allocated 12,000, one must fulfill certain stringent eligibility criteria. 48% of the my (http://www.musinguzilaw.com/practice-areas/
Making the crisis even more urgent is the fact that more than half of all refugees in the world are children ("Refugee Facts”). In response to the refugee problem, in 1980 the United States passed the Refugee Act. It sets the standards for refugees to enter the United States ("Refugee”). An agreement was put in place after World War II because of all the refugees from Europe.
Many peoples might think that the struggles faced by refugees end once they arrive in the United States; however, this is far from the case. Refugees face many barriers once
The Syrian problem is growing into the biggest migration crisis in Europe. At the moment, there are over 9 million refugees seeking asylum. In 2012, when the refugees mostly fled to neighboring countries and Turkey,
Two of the most well known attacks that have involved a refugee and ISIS are the Paris attacks and the bombings in Brussels. The Paris attacks were orchestrated by a man who falsely came into the France stating he was a Syrian refugee however he was neither Syrian or a refugee but a member of ISIS. The bombings in Brussels were not due to refugees but again by ISIS. Media coverage during both of these events often painted the problem as one caused by refugees or poor security checks. “Press coverage of asylum and migration is often linked to public discourses about security, terrorism and global threats in a changing world.”
Immigration has shaped America for centuries, building the foundations for what could have been a great country, but is now resentful. Once begging for more travelers, America has now began pushing them away, turning their backs on the people who they were once welcoming with open arms. Immigrants will make the long journey to America, fighting obstacles along the way, only to be sent back home once they get to the United States. Even refugees are not safe from deportation; many people are sent back to their home countries as soon as they reach America, despite the treacherous conditions they fought along the way. The American government claims that they do not have enough money to support the ever increasing population of America, as well as immigrants and refugees, but that does not excuse sending innocent people back to war-torn countries in which they are persecuted, and-in extreme cases- even killed.
Illegal immigration has been a menace in the United States, with many immigrants coming from war-torn Syria, South Sudan, and Iraq among others. The United Nations guarantees protection to any persons who seek refuge because the home country is at war. America has far many undocumented residents, whose presence causes both security fears and confusions in job industries. The determination of whether it is appropriate to guarantee the illegal immigrants the constitutional right or not should take into consideration the history of the immigrants and the factors behind the immigration. Some immigrants come into the United States
The foundations for protecting refugees and migrants are a humane approach to human suffering and adherence to international humanitarian law. An improved screening and resettlement process would also improve the West's muddled response to today's displacement crisis. Introduction of the Immigration crisis Migrants and refugees flooding into Europe from Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia have presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the debt crisis. The International
Leaders and governments around the world have labelled refugees as being a burden on their country either directly or indirectly. These leaders only see them as people who are trying to get into their country to escape the civil war, but fail to see that the refugees are also risking their lives in the process. At present, there are approximately 54.5 million refugees that are displaced, the largest refugee crisis the world has ever seen and they have nowhere to go. The question of doing the right thing and taking them in has been squashed due to various reasons and it appears to be that each country has adopted the ‘each man for himself’ policy by stating that it is their duty to only look after its citizens and no one else.
Anthony J. D 'Angelo. One thing is very clear: these few countries doing their best to help refugees can’t manage the refugee issue on their own. We need global cooperation. Therefore, the only solution is moving on to end the bloodbaths and poverty lakes while simultaneously accepting the humanitarian responsibility of taking in the refugees. Migration is a global issue.
Finally, from the Syrian civil war, 250,000 unfortunate people have died. When multitudes of people migrate to one country, that country would, in turn, become extremely pressured. “The pressures caused by massive influxes of people can be overwhelming”(“What's Driving the Global Refugee Crisis?”). Every year, Germany alone spends 21.7 billion dollars on anything which is refugee related, and with oncoming demand in Germany, this number continues to grow higher. The European Refugee Crisis has also displaced nine million Syrians’ homes, making it troublesome for countries to house them.