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U.S. Will Accept More Refugees as Crisis Grows
The Obama administration will increase the number of worldwide refugees the United States accepts each year to 100,000 by 2017, a significant increase over the current annual cap of 70,000, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday. “This step that I am announcing today, I believe, is in keeping with the best tradition of America as a land of second chances and a beacon of hope,” Mr. Kerry said, adding that it “will be...
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Am I the only one that thinks the United States should be doing more to address the underlying causes of the refugees by taking out ISIS (not just doing airstrikes), instead of taking in refugees? These refugees are going to become a huge burden on the social programs the United States has.
Unless ISIS is currently serving an unknown political function. (?) IDK just a thought. (seems that way due to lack of aggressive US response)