Against, but was against prior to terrorist acts.
This doesn't surprise me at all. I would guess that the majority of people who are the strongest against this were against it before last Friday, and are also in favor of a hardline against illegal immigrants, and generally opposed to all immigration.
No, not opposed to all immigration. If you come over here and you already have a job lined up, I'm more than happy to have you. I just don't like allowing whoever wants to come here and then have them compete with the people who are already trying to find jobs.
We're not just allowing whatever Syrians to come here that want to come here though.
No we are inviting them and they will still need government assistance. IMO we have more than enough people living off the dole. Why add to it.
Assuming this is true:
Because watching people die is wrong
Because we are the wealthiest nation in history and we can afford to help people in times of severe tragedy
Because these refugees are hopeless, and when people lack hope they are prime targets to get recruitted by extremists
lets put it in some solid terms, if you were outside holding your child on a winter night, and arrived at the gates of a mansion. You asked for admitttance to wamr your child and were told no. Your child freezes to death, dies in your arms. If given the chance would you burn that mansion to the ground? Would you seek revenge? That is how we are portrayed. A wealthy nation that hates Muslims trying to steal their oil and crush their religion, heartless and uncaring for those who suffer. I understand that Isis is causing the suffering, but when you have lost hope you'll cling to whatever light is available, even if it is a false one.
I do not know how to break this cycle, but we must try to break this cycle. I am certain that making Syrians and Muslims feel more like the United states does not care if any of them live or die perpetuates the cycle. Isis tells recruits the USA has declared war on Islam. Our response is Cruz trying to introduce a bill into congress that bans Muslim refugees but allows Christian ones. It's like he is writing their playbook for them.
We have to find a way to assist the refugees and protect ourselves. It is not easy, it may not be 100%, but IMO we have to try.
What you gonna call that pretty baby?
You must call it one thing or another
This one parted water, that one walked upon
Perhaps I'll call this child the Rose of Sharon
What's to be the ground that child walks upon?
Will it be solid rock or shifting sand?
Think I'll set him down upon free highways
Think I'll bring him up to walk the land
Think I'll call him just another stranger
Think I'll call him knocking at your door
Asking you for shelter from the lightning
And space to rest upon your kitchen floor
Will he be a man of constant sorrow?
Born to beg a coat against the storm?
Will he want a house with marble pillars?
And fire for the night to keep him warm?
And if a stranger comes for troubled shelter
With hounds and torchlight on his midnight trail
Will he find a moment free of madness there?
And ears that still can hear to tell his tale?
Then you could call that child the Rock of Ages
You could call him raft upon the flood
He has been the face of many races
He has been the palace in the blood
If that child should end up in a prison
As sometimes chance will deal to honest men
One room is like another to a stranger
Any man of worth will be his friend
Now what you gonna call that pretty baby?
You must call it one thing or another
Think I'll call him flame out on the water
Think I'll call him shore between the sea
Drop him on the rocks and he will shatter
Cut him with a blade and he will bleed
Plant him in the ground, he will rise up again
Sometimes as a flower, sometimes a reed
What you gonna call that pretty baby?
You must call him one thing or another
This one parted water, that one walked upon
Perhaps I'll call this child a Rose of Sharon
--Robert Hunter (From memory so forgive any inaccuracies in recall)