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Originally posted by ashuduff
Close the borders then. Refuse immigration altogether. If you're going to do things all the while worrying about terrorist attacks, then you'll never get anything done. The fact is, by assuming that all refugees are terrorists, the USA is denying thousands of people a better life. If closing off the country to refugees prevents any terrorist attacks from happening, then sure, go ahead and do that. But don't tell me you're going to refuse to admit 10,000 refugees because one MIGHT be a terrorist. The same way you don't stop flying after 9/11 —*you intensify checks. You adapt.
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The purpose of resettling refugees is not to "give them a better life", is to give them a place until the conflict is over.
There is a middle ground between stopping all flights (lol), and letting in thousands of potential terrorists. You say we should intensify checks, I agree with you. Current govt officials say our checks are inadequate, so until they are brought to an acceptable level, no refugees.