House vote to halt resettlement of refugees from Syria and Iraq

[Crumpets]

I support the President's position because I object to erring on the side of pandering to cowardly racists, and because there has been no demonstrated link between allowing the resettlement of refugees and seeing an increase in terrorism.

I think the President is adamant to accept refugees in the wake of the Paris attacks because the attacks demonstrate the horrors these people will continue to face if we don't help provide them safe haven.

Here's a pretty good video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvOnXh3NN9w

[Crumpets]

Also, I can pretty much guarantee that even if someone slipped through the cracks and committed an act of terrorism, the number of people killed as a result would almost certainly be less than the number of refugees who will die from us closing our doors to them - and yes, American lives and Syrian lives are of the same value.