Posted by Ann Corcoran on September 8, 2015
This news is four days old, but I heard it tonight on Fox as I arrived home from DC.
Which Syrians Donald?
Here is what CNN reported over the holiday (and Fox repeated):
(CNN)Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Friday that the Syrian refugee crisis is “so horrible” that he would consider allowing the U.S. to accept some of the displaced refugees.
When asked whether the United States should assist European countries and accept some of the refugees on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Trump said, “We have so many problems, and the answer is, possibly, yes.”
All I can say is that by now Trump has access to some of the most knowledgeable people in the country on immigration issues and he better get boned-up on this issue pretty quickly because the question (and decision by Obama) of the number of Syrian refugees the US will be dropping off in your towns is coming at us like a freight train.
I’ll be very surprised if candidates are not asked about our refugee policy at the upcoming CNN debate.
The most important question is how many, but not far behind is the one I have not heard one mainstream media outlet mention—will we be taking in mostly Muslim Syrians as we have already? Or, are we going to prioritize the persecuted Christians? I think the average America, who knows nothing about what is going on with refugees, simply ASSUMES the Christians are at the head of the line when in fact they are not!
And, not far behind the questions about number and religion is another biggie—are we going to forego normal security screening? ...
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