American Refugees

There is a little boy on the beach, no older than three. He is in the blonde sand, where the waves are slowly moving forward and retreating around his body. The sun is just rising, a rather gorgeous time to be on this Turkish beach. The boy is wearing a red shirt, jean shorts, and a pair of sneakers, an odd outfit of choice for the beach. However, this boy wasn’t playing on the beach; his family didn’t even plan on being in Turkey. In fact, the boy’s family were Syrian refugees, who were taking a small wooden boat, crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Greece, like millions before them. Except their boat capsized, killing twelve of the twenty-three on board. The little boy, Aylan Kurdi, was one of the twelve who had died. His body floated …show more content…
This generation has lived through September 11th, Columbine, Sandy Hook, Pulse, and multiple other atrocities that were huge threats to our national security, all before we even reached adulthood. Refugees almost seem to pose less of a threat than Americans themselves. Conservative Senator Marco Rubio issued a statement on accepting refugees that most Americans could agree with, “We've always been a country that's been willing to accept people who have been displaced. And I would be open to that if it can done in a way that allows us to ensure that among them are not infiltrated -- people who were, you know, part of a terrorist organization that are using this crisis." However, the possibility of this happening in the United States is far less than the possibility of this happing in our ally countries in Europe. This is because the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees refers different cases (generally whole families) to the United States. These cases are special; meaning they would most likely be accepted by Americans, but might not be accepted in countries near the refugee’s country of origin. These cases are generally torture survivors, people with special needs (physical or mental), and women who are the head of their household. These are people who are best fit to be Americans. Many people, even some of our presidential candidates, believe that most of the refugees who want to resettle in the United States are single men. “It’s a total disaster. The people are going to come in. I talked to you about this two weeks ago, where we talked about the migration, how so many of the people in the migration were strong young men. You look at them. I’m saying, Where are the women? Where are the children?” Donald Trump states in an interview with Fox News. However, that simply isn’t true. Over 50% of the people who want to enter the US are children, and the rest are mainly