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Sam Farah<\/p><\/div>\n

Three Points Regarding\u00a0Syrian Refugees\u00a0and President Trump\u2019s Travel Ban
\nBy Sam Farah
\nFor Syria Comment – March 16, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. The Travel Ban of Syrian Refugees Fleeing the War in Syria is Inhumane<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The situation in Syria is\u00a0“the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era.\u201d\u00a0That’s according to Ant\u00f3nio Guterres<\/u><\/a>, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Syrian civilians are caught in a regional and geopolitical war involving super powers including Russia, the U.S., China, France, and\u00a0Britain, as\u00a0well as regional countries including Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, all of whom support different rebel and military factions fighting in Syria; many have military personnel\u00a0directly involved in the war<\/a>.\u00a0 According to the World Food Program, before the conflict, Syria\u00a0was a middle-income country; today 4\/5 of Syrians live in poverty and struggle\u00a0to put food on the table. Millions have fled the conflict and become refugees in search of safety shelter and food.<\/p>\n

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    1. The Ban on Syrian Refugees Does not Help Protect America from Terrorism<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. None of the terrorists implicated in the September 11 attack in NYC were from Syria and not one Syrian has been implicated or involved in any terrorist attacks in the U.S. or in Europe since then.<\/li>\n
      2. Almost\u00a030,000 foreign fighters are believed to be\u00a0in Syria and Iraq, according to the head of the United Nation\u2019s counter terrorism committee<\/u>. Around 3,000 are from Europe<\/a> including places like France, Belgium, England<\/a>, Germany and Sweden, and another 10,000 from Arab Countries like Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia. The foreign fighters joining the terrorist groups fighting in Syria are from at least 86 countries\u00a0<\/a> including sereval thousands Uighurs from the province of\u00a0 Xinjiang in China<\/a>. None of those terrorists carry a Syrian Passport and none will be subject to President Trump\u2019s travel ban.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. <\/u>Syrian Americans are Part of the American Fabric<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Syrians have been emigrating to the U.S. since the late 1800s. Steve Job\u2019s father was a Syrian immigrant, as was Jerry Seinfeld’s maternal grandmother. They are actors like Terri Hatcher, and F Murray Abraham, professional athletes like Johnny Manziel, and presidents of universities such as Mitch Daniels, the current president of Purdue University. Lower Manhattan was home to Little Syria<\/a>, a vibrant neighborhood that was established in the late 1800s and was finally erased to make room to build the Holland tunnel. According to Wikipedia: “Syrian Americans, including the earliest immigrants, have always placed a high premium on education. Like many other Americans, Syrian Americans view education as a necessity. Generally, Syrian and other Arab Americans are more highly educated than the average American. In the\u00a02000 census\u00a0it was reported that the proportion of Syrian Americans to achieve a\u00a0bachelor’s degree\u00a0or higher is one and a half times that of the total American population.”<\/p>\n

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