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RE: 21 U.S. states will not allow syrian refugees
November 16, 2015 at 8:45 pm
I live in Florida, and I do not support this state's ignorance.
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RE: 21 U.S. states will not allow syrian refugees
November 16, 2015 at 9:10 pm
I am not surprised in the least.
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RE: 21 U.S. states will not allow syrian refugees
November 16, 2015 at 9:24 pm
States cannot prohibit refugees. That power is reserved to the federal government. It's a lesson certain states must be taught over and over.
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RE: 21 U.S. states will not allow syrian refugees
November 16, 2015 at 9:30 pm
It has never stopped politicians from grandstanding before.
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RE: 21 U.S. states will not allow syrian refugees
November 16, 2015 at 9:30 pm
The States can't bar the Syrian refugees if the Federal government grants them refugee status. However, if the refugees move into those States it could cause a lot of civil unrest. The country went through the same thing when States barred black people from entering them in the 19th Century. So this is nothing new and is normal American behavior.
What those States can do is to put pressure on their Congressional delegations to impeach Obama and remove him from office. That is completely legal.
It is hypocrisy for the government to tell other countries to accept the refugees when we don't want to do it ourselves. From a moral standpoint we should accept all of them since we are the ones who caused the problem in the first place by waging war in their countries. Even at this very minute a lot of the Repubs want to cause even more havoc in those countries, which will result in more people leaving them for the West.
From a practical matter the States don't have the infrastructure necessary to absorb those refugees, especially with winter approaching. But they do seem to be able to handle all of the illegals that show up everyday. They are not exactly the same problem though.
Like Trump said, our politicians are stupid. But so is he. The problem is going to get very ugly very quickly. It's time to get a scapegoat.
So pay attention because this is what happens when idiots are in charge of countries in the modern world. Everyone ends up covered in shit.
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RE: 21 U.S. states will not allow syrian refugees
November 16, 2015 at 9:36 pm
As much of a problem southern states have with illegal immigration from Mexico, I'm not surprised they don't want immigrants from other countries either. Especially middle eastern ones, after all the fearmongering about muslim terrorism.
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RE: 21 U.S. states will not allow syrian refugees
November 16, 2015 at 10:07 pm
The irony is the refugees probably hate ISIS more than anyone else in the world.
We seem to think the enemy of my enemy is my enemy, and if he is not my enemy, then by god I will piss him off until he becomes my enemy.
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RE: 21 U.S. states will not allow syrian refugees
November 16, 2015 at 10:29 pm
Impeachment is a criminal process, WoG. What crimes would you suggest Obama be charged with?
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John Lennon
