The 2016 election is critical to U.S. refugee policy. We have a proud history of accommodating refugees—four million since the end of the Second World War. We also have an international responsibility to assist those displaced by war, revolution, and persecution. As generous as our policy has been, the true burden of accommodating refugees is born by the countries that border areas of crisis, and Americans can do more to ease the pressure on these countries. Today, refugees are the most carefully vetted immigrants/travellers to the United States. Denying vulnerable populations the chance to make a case for refugee status (or asylum) in the United States because of their religious faith, their sexuality, or the region of the world they come from goes against everything our nation claims to stand for. Full story
