The United States is already viewed as the "world 's police" so why can 't the U.S. be seen as the "world 's shelter?" The United States is known as the "greatest country" on Earth and the land of opportunity. People come to the U.S. for opportunity and to make something of themselves or start over. Refugees see the U.S. as a last stop, the place where their lives will change for the better. After 9/11 people in the U.S. doesn’t want refugees to be allowed in, they think something horrible could happen. There is a stigma in the U.S. that all Muslims are terrorist, is become a stigma after 9/11. Anna Husarska, policy advisor at the International Rescue Committee, writes about how refugees who are victims of terrorist organizations are getting
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These families are being deemed as giving material support to a terrorist organization, which translates to being terrorist themselves, by the U.S. government. Thomas Allen, contributor to a website that advocates to reduce immigration, says that refugees who come from a country with "terrorist activities" shouldn’t be allowed in because they could have given material support to a terrorist organization. He believes that the Patriot Act is being thrown out the window when refugees are let in. After reading Anna Husarska 's essay, "Refugees Are Not a Serious National Threat," I agree with Hursrska that refugees are not a threat and they just want to have a better life. The material support doesn’t deem them as …show more content…
What they will do is be happy for a change and not worry about having bombs flying over their homes, or their children be forced to join a terrorist organization. The United States has the funds and resources to help refugees, that can 't help every refugee, but can help a couple thousand. People need to stop living in fear and listening to the news, if they took the chance to get to know Muslims then they would know that they are people just like us. Also people need to stop judging people based on what a section of the group is
These families are being deemed as giving material support to a terrorist organization, which translates to being terrorist themselves, by the U.S. government. Thomas Allen, contributor to a website that advocates to reduce immigration, says that refugees who come from a country with "terrorist activities" shouldn’t be allowed in because they could have given material support to a terrorist organization. He believes that the Patriot Act is being thrown out the window when refugees are let in. After reading Anna Husarska 's essay, "Refugees Are Not a Serious National Threat," I agree with Hursrska that refugees are not a threat and they just want to have a better life. The material support doesn’t deem them as …show more content…
What they will do is be happy for a change and not worry about having bombs flying over their homes, or their children be forced to join a terrorist organization. The United States has the funds and resources to help refugees, that can 't help every refugee, but can help a couple thousand. People need to stop living in fear and listening to the news, if they took the chance to get to know Muslims then they would know that they are people just like us. Also people need to stop judging people based on what a section of the group is