Xenophobia Run Amuck: The American Dream

Schwartz and Troianovski (2015), reporters for The Wall Street Journal, claim that many residents of the U.S. fear that the terrorist group ISIS will exploit this expansion and use it to smuggle terrorists into the U.S. Fears have especially heightened after the 2015 San Bernardino shooting. Although this has not been confirmed to be the workings of a foreign terrorist group (Karimi, Shoichet, & Ford, 2015), American citizens are becoming increasingly in favor of restricting immigration. In a December 2015 survey conducted by the Associated Press, 53% of respondents opposed the Obama administration’s plan to admit Syrian refugees into the U.S. and 54% believed that the U.S. takes too many immigrants from the Middle East (Swanson, 2015). While pro-restriction attitudes may cause the number of people immigrating to the U.S. each year outside of the refugee system to decrease, the increasing number of Syrian refugees entering the U.S. in 2016 and 2017 will offset this. The number of immigrants voting in future elections will increase as a result of the refugee crisis, so in the future, presidential candidates should increase the amount of appeals and advertisements used in order to encourage Syrian refugees and other immigrants to

Immigration laws have resulted in a situation where many illegal immigrants live and work in the United States. Yet, it is an important issue that has been blown out of proportion by the media and politicians. Here in the United States, Syrian refugees have enriched our cultural growth into a more diverse and positive outcome and have enhanced our influence in the World. However, Americans have responded to their arrival with violence and hate towards them.

The debate about letting Syrian Refugees into America has been a heavily debated topic in the last year. One surprising fact is that, ‘The third largest city in the country of Jordan, Za’atari is just a refugee camp filled with Syrians escaping the Syrian Civil War and the population of Za’atari of 90,000.’ Syrians should be let into our county because: we have been letting Syrian Refugees into our country a very few have been of them have been radicalized and carried out terrorist attacks on our country, U.S. states cannot legally reject and deport Syrian Refugees coming here to seek refuge without the approval of the federal government, and not all the Syrian Refugees fit the supposedly true stereotypes

Terrorist, sleeper cells and undeserving; these are all adjectives that Americans have used to describe Syrian refugees. This type of bigotry is an issue that must be addressed. In light of the recent attack on Paris, there has been a dramatic shift to block President Obama’s plan to bring 10,000 additional refugees into the United States. Imagine that, a nation of immigrants blocking other immigrants from entering. In order to gain this kind of overwhelming support for such a bill, propagandists have used countless personal attacks on an entire race and claim that it is in the name of national security. Rather than lock down the borders, the United States should take California’s model for vetting refugees and make it the federal

Many U.S. citizens have no problem with Syrian refugees coming to America. According to both “Why America Could-and Should-Admit More Syrian Refugees.” and “Our Responsibility to Refugees”, The authors feel that The people of the United States are turning their backs on the refugees. In “Why America Could-and Should-Admit More Syrian Refugees.” the author says, “The United States has resettled over three million refugees, offering victims of persecution and conflict the opportunity to build a new life. Refugee resettlement is unequivocally safe. It would be wrong, both morally and politically, to curtail Syrian refugee resettlement, and why it is in fact both ethically imperative and politically expedient to instead expand U.S. commitment to refugee resettlement” (Long). This author sees nothing to fear from refugees. Furthermore, the writer of “Our Responsibility to Refugees” states, “The U.S. can do more and we must. Since 2011, more than 4.2 million Syrians have been displaced by war and violence, and fewer than 3,000 of them have resettled in the U.S. President Barack Obama has committed to resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. His administration needs to

Fear is taking over. All around you is fear, surrounding you, taking control. We let the fear sway our emotions, our perceptions, our ideology. Everything is constantly changing because of what we fear. Our morals are being betrayed because of fear; our instincts are being denied because we give into fear. That is why so many people are afraid to let innocent, terrified people into our country. Although, many see the Syrian refugees fleeing from the crisis into their country as a threat, there is no reason to be afraid. The refugees should be allowed into the United States.

What is the American dream? According to the balance, "The American Dream is the idea that the government should protect each person's opportunity to pursue their own idea of happiness. (Amadeo)” also they say that to U.S. citizens usually relate the American dream to the idea of wealth, financially security, freedom, and family. But that is to Americans, so what about people in other countries? According to classroom, “Immigrants in the U.S., however, are more likely to define the American dream as the pursuit of opportunity, a good job, owning a home and in many cases, safety from war or persecution. (Lazuk)” Americans view the American dream as something harder and harder to grasps as time goes on. Immigrants, on the other hand, have more and hope and stay positive and view the American dream as something they have the potential to reach and achieve.

“President Obama has directed the United States government to accept at least ten thousand refugees from Syria in the next fiscal year.”(Eilperin,Juliet, and Carol Morello) A fiscal year is a year as reckoned for taxing, or accounting purposes. Just hearing this has different effects on many people. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion because some may say immigrants, are dangerous when there is six% chance of any immigrant becoming a terrorist, or committing a crime. So people can’t just judge someone because they appear different to you. “The United States is a nation of immigrants” A quote from former president Theodore Roosevelt is stating that America is a nation of immigrants and that is true. All though some

The founding fathers of America were the first people to have an American dream. Their goal was to have every man, women, and child to be free from the tyranny of the crown of England. Strict immigration laws now hinder their original dream; moreover, when immigrants do gain access to the U.S. they are stricken with poverty, racism, and sexism.

Modern day America is a nation built upon immigrants and the intermingling of cultures and people. Yet, throughout its history, America repeats a pattern of ignoring victims of war, especially those in the path of conflict. A specific example being during World War II. While the war waged on, it left countless displaced persons in its wake, many being Jewish refugees. However, the Allied powers focused on winning the war, and did little to help these people. A more recent example is the War on Terror. Less than a month after the September 11th terror attacks, the United States began its war against terrorism. Throughout this war, American citizens have become wary and distrusting of Muslims. This dismissal of both Jewish and Muslim refugees shows the fact that history is repeating itself, with America entering a war and leaving refugees behind. Ignoring refugees, despite America's foundations in immigration, is due to American xenophobia. American citizens are comfortable with what is familiar, so when faced with foreign concepts or people, they tend to turn their backs on them, or even begin to feel malice towards them. American xenophobia leads to fearful and malicious views towards foreign refugees, is the main force behind strict immigration policies, and stems from a lack of education among Americans. These two concepts: xenophobia and exceptionalism, when coupled together, lead to devastating consequences for the displaced persons and countries America leaves in its

Some people think it’s an excellent proposition sanctioning Syrian refugees, although the other percentage don’t trust the very same notion and alternatively believe it’s an unacceptable idea. 13.5 million people in Syria need humanitarian assistance due to a violent civil war that began in 2011.[5] Most Syrian refugees remain in the Middle East, in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt; slightly more than 10 percent of the refugees have fled to Europe.[5] The plight looks and sounds roughly identical to the complex condition of Jewish refugees escaping during the 1930s and 40s, but how can the two groups be similar by occurrence? Initially, Americans sensed concern by the concept of refugees entering into the country, because of refugees taking away American jobs. Americans were primarily concerned with economics in 1939 while today’s fears are related to safety, many replied.[6] Right now, numerous Americans are frightened of the notion that accepting Syrian refugees into the United States would construct terrorism in the country, seeing that countless Syrians are coming from regions that were captured over by ISIS. A second cause for the resemblances is the fact that these two categories arrived from warring-countries. The Jews and Syrians both came from countries that threatened them, and both have largely been rejected by international

According to a poll over 48% of Americans support the ban on refugees, whereas 42% do not (Nearly Half of American Voters Support Trump’s Immigration Order). As can be seen, many Americans believe that refugees pose a threat to the American way of life in one way or another. Refugee discrimination can be seen across the United States, it is not made up. Unfortunately, this is caused by a tragic past and background influenced by only a few individual terrorists.This is worsened by the urgent crisis of refugees. Refugees, some extremely unlucky people, are displaced across the world (Appositive). Many Americans are against the idea of letting new people into the country for fear of these attacks,

Since 2011, Syrian Refugees became a popular topic all over the world, however with recent events this has become an issue that is only growing larger and larger. This cartoon discusses the issue that Syrian refugees have caused in europe and in America. The authors claim is that the opinion that the Republican party, mainly GOP candidate for president, Donald trump, has on this issue is ignorant. The way that the cartoon is set up, it allows the author’s conclusion get through his audience and have the claim clearly stated.

In the piece the character, Hema is denied certain freedoms other Americans have by way of a system of profiling. It’s believed that because she has money struggles and is outspoken against America’s foreign policy she’s a threat when coupled with Her Indian heritage and frequent trips back to her homeland. One of the article’s central arguments is that if Hema were of a different lineage, then her low opinion of America’s foreign policy would be nothing more than a matter of free speech. However, since she has brown skin and foreign ancestry she’s believed to be threatening American security. Also if she weren’t Indian her being well-traveled would contribute to her character positively and be encouraged. Hema is faced with unreasonable expectations

The order freezes all refugee entrances for 120 days, and ceases refugees from Syria from entering the country indefinitely. After the 120 day ban, only refugees from countries that have “adequate” safeguards in place to “ensure the security and welfare of the United States” will be let in. Refugees flee persecution and violence that their own government cannot and will not protect them from. They flee because they fear for their lives. Has the Trump administration lost all compassion? [3] Furthermore, the ban comes at a time when we face the biggest refugee crisis since World War II, and the majority of these people are fleeing the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time: the Syrian Civil War. Yet, Syrian refugees are the ones Trump singled out for stricter constraints.