The U.S. Has Reached its 10,000 Refugee Admittance Goal. Should They Let in More?

Last fall, Obama announced a new resettlement program that promised to admit 10,000 refugees, in response to the crisis in Syria; On Wednesday, Aug. 31, the United States its final refugee who was promised admittance in the plan. Miraculously, the economy hasn’t plummeted into depression, our streets haven’t succumb to violence, and the country hasn’t gone down in flames. Those are the types of ridiculous arguments that many republicans, namely Trump, were making when the question of accepting refugees was posed last year.

While hard working parents and innocent children were being attacked in their homes and sequestered to live on dirty tarps in the middle of the desert, stuffy conservatives living their ridiculously extravagant lives were hesitant to provide aid. There were people risking their lives to escape their homeland, often braving stormy seas in overcrowded, unsubstantial liferafts, and those lucky enough to survive the voyage were refused entrance to the United States. I’d like to take a moment to remind everyone that the United States is currently the most successful country in the world, and yet some argued that we were incapable of providing aid to fleeing refugees.

Despite foreboding insistences of terrorist attacks and economic crisis, the United States successfully completed the plan and is currently working to help Syrian families integrate to american society. San Diego accepted more families than any other city in the country.

Everyone should recognize this as a positive action. It should at least be supported by anyone with the slightest sense of morality, seeing as many of these families could have ended up stuck in extremely dangerous situations, or even killed. However, a simple, thirty-second glance at the daily news on television tells that stopping here isn’t an option. There are still far too many families living in fear without access to basic necessities. While the United States should most definitely feel a sense of accomplishment, it’s crucial that we continue to provide aid. We can’t rest and enjoy the privilege we experience here until we ensure the safety of everyone else around the globe.