Imagine that you moved from your
home country to a new one with nothing but one small bag, can you imagine
leaving your house, belongings, friends, family, and life there in your home
country. Refugees go through a lot, it starts with a very long process to just
get background checks and an interview. That alone takes 18 months, so when
everything is reviewed and they are interviewed 6 more months has passed. All
in all for a refugee to get into the United States it takes up to 24 months,
that is two whole years! U.S. citizens and Americans don’t want refugees here
because they believe that they will take Americans jobs. In reality refugees do
the jobs that Americans don’t want to do.
Many people don’t understand that
refugees can’t walk into the U.S. and become a teacher, lawyer, firefighter,
police officer, doctor, or even work at places such as McDonalds. The reason
they can’t get jobs like there is because they don’t know how to interact with
others or some don’t have good enough English for customer service. Even though
many refugees have a degree in their country, when they get to America they
have to start all over at the high school level. This is very discouraging for
most refugees so therefore they don’t do it and they just take the jobs that we
Americans don’t want to do.
Another thing Americans fear about
refugees is that we will let them in and some could be terrorists. After United
Nations high commission for refugees (UNCHR) refers refugees to the United
States, the U.S. gathers information on the refugee. Once they have got the
information they do an interview, medical evaluation, and a security screening
process to show us if the refugee is or could be a threat to the united states
or not. When the refugee steps off the plane that landed in the United States
they receive help from a resettlement agency. This agency helps them with
language, housing, learning, and medical attention. When the refugees get here
they have nothing so they are helped, but they only receive help for 3 short
months. In those three months they receive medical help, schooling for the kids
and teenagers, housing, and language so they can get a job to earn money so
that when their three months is up they can go out and live on their own.
The main argument today about
refugees is if we should let more refugees in or not. Many people believe that
we should and many believe that we shouldn’t let any more in. the United States
has only let in 2,200 refugees, I believe that we should let more refugees in.
However I am not saying that we should just let them in because they ask to be,
we should let them in if they apply, and go through everything else that the
other 2,200 refugees have gone through to be let in.
Sources:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/16/politics/syrian-refugees-u-s-applicants-explainer/
http://www.newsweek.com/heres-process-refugees-have-go-through-enter-us-398254
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/opinion/canadas-warm-embrace-of-refugees.html?_r=0
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I agree with you when you said that people are afraid that the refugees will take the jobs of Americans although the refugees take jobs that Americans wont do
ReplyDeleteI agree as well. Refugees do work hard for everything they have, they shouldn't be criticized just because of where came from.
ReplyDeleteI agree that all refugees went through a lot when they move to any country and all refugees that have studied high school in their own country that has already degree when they move to the US they still need to go back and study again, and to get all their credits they need in order to graduate. I just want to add that sometimes in the US they would accepted you're credit that you have in your own country but sometimes they don't, so if that happened you gotta start all over or they would let you to take a test to determine what grade you will be placed in.
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ReplyDeleteThis topic can be very complex but the thought and examples you put into your blog really helps one get a feel for both sides of the situation, meaning the refugees and the US Citizens.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I am all for relocating people into our country. The ones willing to wait all that time and go through the process and procedures are the ones who truly have the demanding passion to come into our country for the better of themselves.
However, I am a little concerned with the part that talks about "people" meaning us, not wanting to accept refugees to come in to our country because of the risk of them being "terrorists". The truth is, people in our own society can be involved in events that are terrorist like. It's not just the "outside" people.
I completely agree with what you are saying. I believe that if you are in a position to help those in need then you should, and that is exactly what Americans should do by allowing refugees in and aiding them. I am really glad you explained the process that refugees have to go through in order to be allowed into the US, but I wish you could have elaborated on what exactly it is they do for jobs once they do get here.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with what you have said. Especially when you mentioned that the refugees have to go through schooling in the U.S. and earn a degree again just because there is a language barrier. That is awful that they spent so much time in their home country getting a degree just to come to America and have to start all over. I have personally experienced someone who has come from India with a doctorate degree and had to get an office job that pays minimum wage just because she didn't know English very well and would have had to go to college in the U.S., when in reality she is probably smarter than some of the doctors here in America.
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