An Explanatory Synthesis on the Sources “How to Know When Migrant Gravy Train Arrives in Your Town” by Leo Hohmann and Attitudes toward Refugees Entering the United States of America by Sarah M. Bullard
According to The United Nations High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) there were more than forty-five million refugees seeking asylum in the world in 2012 (UNHCR 2012). With this large number, the question of whether the U.S. people want these refugees immigrating into their country is a large topic of issue. In the article “How to Know When Migrant Gravy Train Arrives in Your Town” by Leo Hohmann and in the essay Attitudes toward Refugees Entering the United States of America by Sarah M. Bullard, each of these authors discuss the attitudes towards the issue of refugees entering the United States. The following will provide information about these sources positions on, the definition of a refugee, the variables that affect people’s views on refugees entering the U.S., and the tone in which each of the authors deliver their positions. In the article “How to Know When a Migrant Gravy Train Arrives in Your Town”, Leo Hohmann defines refugees as a type of tool for government official’s to use to grow the government. He describes a plan, from a White House report, in which several …show more content…
She first gives the definition of a refugee used by The United Nations High Commission of Refugees “…as a person forced to flee persecution (including religious, radical, and political persecution), war, or natural disasters, and to protect their life or their personal safety.” (1) Next Bullard uses the results of her polls to describe a refugee as what most of her respondents defined them as. He respondents described them as “people fleeing civil unrest or violence, persecution, death, and torture.”
According to The United Nations High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) there were more than forty-five million refugees seeking asylum in the world in 2012 (UNHCR 2012). With this large number, the question of whether the U.S. people want these refugees immigrating into their country is a large topic of issue. In the article “How to Know When Migrant Gravy Train Arrives in Your Town” by Leo Hohmann and in the essay Attitudes toward Refugees Entering the United States of America by Sarah M. Bullard, each of these authors discuss the attitudes towards the issue of refugees entering the United States. The following will provide information about these sources positions on, the definition of a refugee, the variables that affect people’s views on refugees entering the U.S., and the tone in which each of the authors deliver their positions. In the article “How to Know When a Migrant Gravy Train Arrives in Your Town”, Leo Hohmann defines refugees as a type of tool for government official’s to use to grow the government. He describes a plan, from a White House report, in which several …show more content…
She first gives the definition of a refugee used by The United Nations High Commission of Refugees “…as a person forced to flee persecution (including religious, radical, and political persecution), war, or natural disasters, and to protect their life or their personal safety.” (1) Next Bullard uses the results of her polls to describe a refugee as what most of her respondents defined them as. He respondents described them as “people fleeing civil unrest or violence, persecution, death, and torture.”