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It’s accurate that President Trump blocked refugees from Syria—including persecuted Christians
He did so via executive order on January 27, 2017, the very day he told @DavidBrodyCBN he would help Syrian Christian refugees to access resettlement https://www1.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2017/01/27/brody-file-exclusive-president-trump-says-persecuted-christians-will-be-given-priority-as-refugees https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1321961340341121025
He did so via executive order on January 27, 2017, the very day he told @DavidBrodyCBN he would help Syrian Christian refugees to access resettlement https://www1.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2017/01/27/brody-file-exclusive-president-trump-says-persecuted-christians-will-be-given-priority-as-refugees https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1321961340341121025
It’s also true that Vice President Biden has pledged to dramatically increase refugee resettlement — but his proposed ceiling, 125,000, is still lower than annual refugee ceilings set by Presidents Carter, Reagan & G.W. Bush https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/us-annual-refugee-resettlement-ceilings-and-number-refugees-admitted-united
It’s untrue that refugees present a threat to Americans. The vetting process for refugees is, according to @Heritage, more thorough than that to which any other immigrant is subjected https://www.heritage.org/immigration/report/the-us-refugee-admissions-program-roadmap-reform
Only a dumb terrorist would seek to reach the US in this way
Only a dumb terrorist would seek to reach the US in this way
According to @CatoInstitute, no refugee admitted since the Refugee Act was signed into law in 1980 has taken the life of a US citizen in a terrorist attack
The odds of an American being killed by a refugee-turned-terrorist are 1 in 3.86 billion https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/terrorists-immigration-status-nationality-risk-analysis-1975-2017
The odds of an American being killed by a refugee-turned-terrorist are 1 in 3.86 billion https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/terrorists-immigration-status-nationality-risk-analysis-1975-2017
Also: refugees are not an economic burden
To the contrary, a study from @NotreDame economists found that, 20 years after arrival, the average refugee adult has contributed $21,000 more in taxes than all governmental expenditures on their behalf https://news.nd.edu/news/economic-benefits-of-admitting-refugees-outweigh-costs/
To the contrary, a study from @NotreDame economists found that, 20 years after arrival, the average refugee adult has contributed $21,000 more in taxes than all governmental expenditures on their behalf https://news.nd.edu/news/economic-benefits-of-admitting-refugees-outweigh-costs/
