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Why The US Is Failing On Its Promise To Let in 10,000 Syrians
In September, The United States made a promise to let in 10,000 Syrian refugees over the course of 12 months. So far only 841 have been resettled in the country.
If the present trend continues then that means it will take four years for the US to meet its original target.
The slow admittance of refugees can be contributed to a number of reasons, primarily an anti refugee sentiment that is spearheaded by Donald Trump’s attempts to become President and a larger failure by the Obama administration to correctly address the Syrian Civil War that has been continuing for five years.
@worldnetdaily HAS OBAMA TOLD CBP/ICE to stand down & allow these REFUGEE ISLAM SOLDIERS to enter USA? If yes, this needs to be STOPPED NOW.
— Joe Snuffy (@Snuffy_Joe) February 22, 2016
Notice how everything we do offends #Muslims? It's no coincidence. Don't allow them to silence you! #BanSharia pic.twitter.com/k9gKl1Rfmc
— Colleen (@col_nj) February 21, 2016
The State Department has recently announced its decision to meet its original target of 10,000 refugees, ‘We remain steadfastly committed to the President’s plan to resettle at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States in FY [fiscal year] 2016’
There is also conflict between state level and federal levels of government over the resettlement of refugees. Following the Paris terror attacks, 31 governors claimed that their states were ‘out of bounds’ to refugees.
Donald Trump said refugees are mostly “powerful men” This is what the State Department says https://t.co/sImnuEjVGH pic.twitter.com/ecp0zfIC1w
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 15, 2016
It seems that most Syrians bound for the US won’t believe the promise until they have actually set up home in the country.
