We have to have vetting-don't Democrats get it?

[JA]

Since when have we not had a very thorough vetting process? Do you know how difficult our vetting process really is? Someone doesn't just show up somewhere and say they want to come to America and an official hands them a plane ticket. It can take years of extensive research into a person's background, documentation that may have been lost in conflict, thorough investigations, and interviews. The only way to speed up the process is to have a relative in America sponsor them.

No one is opposed to vetting asylum seekers and refugees except nonexistent figures in the paranoid right wing media. What people are opposed to is discriminating against people, especially those highly vulnerable people in Syria, because of their religious background. Tourists, immigrants, and refugees from those countries that have been blocked are extraordinarily unlikely to pose any threat to anyone. To ban them in this manner makes as much sense as banning African Americans from owning guns because they commit a disproportionate amount of firearms related crime. Why wouldn't we do that? Because it's racist and unfairly treats all African Americans as guilty for what a very small minority within their communities do.

Perhaps White people should be locked away from all other people on earth because we're disproportionately more likely to dehumanize others, start world wars, and commit genocide. Would that be acceptable to you?