Refugee crisis: Pressure builds for U.S. to welcome more Syrians
By Holly Yan,
CNN
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(CNN)Of the 4 million Syrian refugees who have fled attacks by their government and ISIS, the United States has taken in 0.03% of them.
That's a pitiful number that needs to be changed immediately, a growing number of Americans say. Both Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Martin O'Malley agree: the U.S. needs to step up.
But how many should the United States take in? And what risks would be involved?
So far, the U.S. has accepted 1,500 Syrian refugees. By contrast, Germany said it will take in 800,000 migrants in the current refugee crisis. Several other countries, such as Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, have each taken in hundreds of thousands of Syrians.
The International Rescue Committee called for the United States to open its doors to 65,000 Syrian refugees.
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Martin O'Malley, (D) Presidential Candidate, made the comparison.
...65,000 refugees in the USA is equivalent to 6 or 7 additional people
among 3,200 people at a baseball game.
Big deal ? - I don't think so, but The Donald is hesitant because we already have
"tremendous problems with immigration --- tremendous problems ---"
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