Syrian refugees

The Paris bombings and other recent terrorist attacks have given rise to a political debate within the United States about the Obama administration’s plan to admit Syrian refugees.More than 800,000 people have crossed the Mediterranean and Aegean so far this year, fleeing war, persecution and violence in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea, and other countries.  For many, the choice to embark on such dangerous journeys seems the only way to give their children a chance of survival and safety. While more than half the nation's governors say they oppose letting Syrian refugees into their states, although the final say on this contentious immigration issue will fall to the federal government.

States protesting the admission of refugees range from Alabama and Georgia, to Texas and Arizona, to Michigan and Illinois, to Maine and New Hampshire. Among these 31 states, all but one have Republican governors.Peoples opinions in this situation can widely vary for many different reasons. I personally believe that it is wrong to oppose a safe haven for those who are trying to flee a war torn country. In 1939 and 1940, slightly more than half of all immigrants to the United States were Jewish, most of them refugees from Europe. In 1941, 45% of all immigrants to the United States were Jewish. After the United States entered the war in December 1941, the trickle of immigration virtually dried up, just at the time that the Nazi regime began systematically to murder the Jews of Europe. Despite many obstacles, however, more than 200,000 Jews found refuge in the United States from 1933 to 1945, most of them before the end of 1941.These Syrian refugees are no different than the Jewish people fleeing Nazi Germany. People who say that this opens the door for terrorist to get in, in the Paris attack that killed 128 people most of the attackers were french citizens. The people who are doing the attacks are already living in the living and have been living in our country not fleeing the country that is killing their own people.These people who are fleeing are women and children trying to survive. On the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France,it says "Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free." As president Obama said "That's the spirit that makes us America. That's the spirit that binds to us France. That's the spirit that we need today".