I have a question for the writer of the letter, “We can’t afford them, in any way,” regarding her uninformed views about Syrian refugees. Why, when she uses the word refugees, is it in quotes? What does that mean? By putting in it quotes does she mean they are not really refugees? They are fleeing the slaughter in their homeland from two fronts, ISIS and Bashar al-Assad. What about them requires that the word refugee be put in quotes? And calling them unvetted is totally ignorant. The United Nations referred 23,000 refugees to potentially be brought into the United States. That list was reduced to 7,000 by the U.S., and of those 2,000 passed the thorough investigation and interview process, which can take 18 to 24 months.
I would suggest that she could direct her passion at two other areas: why can someone on the Terror Watch list legally buy guns and ammunition in this country, and why can potential terrorists who have European passports (but are not on the Watch List) fly into this country on commercial airlines without a visa? They are the truly unvetted.
Linda Frederick
Lynnwood
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