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Would you be willing to help a Syrian family re-settle in your locality if your aid was non-financial?

Asked by ibstubro (18804points) September 4th, 2015

Help them find affordable housing and assist them with Western life-skills like utilities, transportation, shopping etc? Basically be the bridge from their old life to a new one in a Western nation?

I would be very interested, but would require my family (or someone in it) to have rudimentary English skills. I live in a largely rural area, but I’d even be willing to drive to a major metropolitan area to meet some families and pick some that I felt a rapport with. They could do the same and we’d find a match.

The US has only taken in 1500 Syrian refugees since the beginning of the war. Another huge failing for our first minority POTUS, in my opinion. With 381 metropolitan areas in the US, that’s a little over 4 Syrians for each city.

Some of the refugees have been in camps for years. Can you honestly argue that hot-blooded terrorists have been idling in refugee camps for years on the off-chance that they’ll be able to immigrate to the West?

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