Syrian Refugees and the American Opinion

Pam Gomez

October 21, 2015

Op-Ed 6

Syrian Refugees and the American Opinion

The amount of refugees that are arriving to every country all around the world is unbelievable high, every country except the United States. The United States is seen in some countries as the defender of what is right and very welcoming when it come to those who need help. But right now, the U.S is making the process of accepting the Syrian refugees a big amount of time. The attitude the American government is taking towards this situation is not the one I could have predicted. 

The Idea of having a really hard process to be accepted as a refugee in the US, makes it look like the country who is seen as the protector only cares to help others when it has a benefit to its country or citizens. The public opinion in this has a great matter because most of the citizens in the US, do not agree with accepting the refugees in their state or town. The american public claim saying that they would allow “terrorists” on their towns is irrelevant an it actually makes you believe that the public is not aware of how the events are taking place or who are the most affected by these. I think it is ideal to make the people know that this refugees are mostly women and children who have lost all they had. The approach that the government should have to make this information known it is to educate their citizens in more dept about the situation and not let the stereotypes and criticism talk.

The government should have a different approach on how to accept or not these refugees, it is okay to have your worries as country but instead of show to the other nations that they have the power to help in any situation and not by only giving money to train oppositions or directly going to war. By other I approach I would say make it more accessible for the refugees to be accepted in the country and help the to make a a new life with the opportunity that American is giving to them.

To conlcude it is important to say that the American public it is not happy with the government is doing to be involved in Syrian but in my opinion all goes back to how they let criticism affect their views and the lack of education in the problem, so if the public leaves their judgement for race or origin behind and really take in matter what this people is going thru it is possible the opinion will shift to a more acceptable one.