Texas' Governor Greg Abbott is among many of the United States governors that have vowed to not allow refugees from Syria in their state. Our governors are not alone. Many countries in Europe are not allowing Syrian refugees into their borders either. This is something that is both difficult and extremely important to get right. Texas is not on the right track. Offering SOME form of help would be the first step. Instead of a "Just Say No" campaign against Muslim refugees, Texas should be trying to contribute in some way to the world's problems instead of making these problems worse.
Texas, nor any other state, has the right to deny these refugees and the U.S. government has warned them of that fact. The states' fears are that we will be allowing Islamic extremist into the country. Many of them are saying that we don't have enough security measures to allow these refugees into the country. The U.S. government puts each refugee through almost every U.S. government's agencies' background check. In order to do this, they need time to get their own paperwork in order before they are even allowed to apply. In order to house these people until they have been cleared we need land and resources. Both of which we have but, are not utilizing. The midwest has plenty of room. Let's get these people cleared so that they may get on with their lives. It's a crying shame we have not done so already. The whole world is at fault here.
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Including Texas, more than half the nation's governors say they oppose letting Syrian refugees into their states. Legally, states have no authority to do anything because the question of who should be allowed in this country is up to the federal government. However, But this objection can make things much more difficult if the states refuse to cooperate.
I agree with the Lifting the Bar's statement that Texas should be trying to contribute in some way to the world's problems, but I am not so sure about that Syrian refugees should be welcome in Texas.
I saw so many praising comments about the articles related to Syrian refugees greeted by Canada, and some Americans are even saying "We need to move to Canada." I think that each country must help those people, some people might say that this is so inhuman, but if I was a leader of a country, I would not put my people at risk by allowing the entry of those refugees.
I do not think that U.S. government's agencies' background check can guarantee that the refugees are clear, and I also think that nothing can actually read a person's mind. Another thing I do not understand is that how people are so sure that women and children are far from terrorism. Moreover, if we allow the refugees to settle down here, we will have to keep an eye on them just in case. The government might need special policies, manpower or other resources for them. I question that enough people will be willing to pay for the refugees or not since this is going to be a long-term process, and it will not be helpful enough from just donations. On top of that, I am worried about the refugees as well. We cannot put those people anywhere. There will be many welcoming Americans, but we also cannot say that the refugees can stay near them because they greeted them. In the worst case, the refugees will have to stay near people who protested the admission of them, and apparently they will be discriminated.
I do not say that we should ignore the Syrian refugees. I think the government should help the refugees in some way, but they also need to approach the admission of the refugees in this country more carefully.
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