Also, I never said our country was evil...
Just that the people representing your party are...
As Congress and others react to the Obama administration’s announcement that the refugee resettlement program will increase from the current 70,000 level to 85,000 next year and 100,000 in 2017, some are objecting on national security grounds.
It would be a shame if the drive to allow the United States to play an even more meaningful role in a humanitarian protection system that is under severe strain, in part because of the Syrian crisis, were to become embroiled in a debate that is heavy on rhetoric and light on facts.
The reality is this: The United States has resettled 784,000 refugees since September 11, 2001. In those 14 years, exactly three resettled refugees have been arrested for planning terrorist activities—and it is worth noting two were not planning an attack in the United States and the plans of the third were barely credible.
As the more than 4 million refugees who have spilled out of Syria overwhelm neighboring countries and roil Europe, many Americans have been asking what more the United States can and should do to help cope with this crisis. Fewer than 2,000 Syrians have been resettled in this country since the Assad regime’s crackdown on peaceful protests ignited a savage civil war in 2011.
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/us-record-shows-refugees-are-not-threat
Semantics matter and depending how you define it you can get higher numbers - the highest number I could find was 'about a dozen'.... out of about 3/4 of a million...
Just admit it, TB- this isnt about legitimate security concerns, its about the GOP playing to the fear and bigotry of the electorate in order to advance their campaigns...
