Refugees

Trying to make sense out of the current controversy surrounding the closing of borders to Muslims is not as straight forward as if first seems. For example, President Obama some weeks ago suggest that we bring in 10 to 25 thousand refugees from Syria. There was some concern raised but most people felt it was the right thing to do. Then the terror attack in California came and muddied the waters. Next it was reveal that the engagement visa was not properly vetted and that caused more concern. Now we find out that many blank Syrian VISA’s and the printing machines needed to make VISAs are in the hands of the terrorist. It would be reasonable for President to call for a temporary halt in the refugee program until these issues can be clarified. Just to illustrate how complicate this can get, what if the president decided to temporarily halt the Syrian refugee program but offered an exemption to Syrians who are non-Muslim. Some would say even if you wanted to do this, how would you determine which Syrians are non-Muslim and of course the same question can be asked about which Syrians are really Syrians. Many of these refugees left with only the clothes on their backs and have little proof of who they are or where they come from. It seems it would be difficult to vet people who have so little background information. The government was caught unawares by the engagement VISA. Will there be other surprises down the road?