The Vietnam War: Refugees In The United States

The refugee crisis that plagues the world is often referred to as the Syrian refugee crisis, and Western countries are usually concerned only for the affect it has on them and their country. Yet the countries taking in the most refugees are the relatively stable nations in the Middle East that are closest to those in crisis, like Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, not the wealthy nations most capable of supporting the refugees. These countries are often small and suffering their own economic and political woes, and struggle with the masses of refugees entering the countries. Various groups are working to raise money and support for these refugees, and other poor African and Middle Eastern countries are attempting to do their best, but without the help of the wealth West, the refugee crisis is not going to go away. A question has been posed to the nations of the world; are they willing to take in any of the millions of the desperate refugees?

It was July 31st 2015 just a regular summer Saturday for the Rodriguez family, the mother is cooking, dad is working, siblings doing their own thing, Melissa cleaning like always until . . . The phone rang for Melissa to go pick up but her mom answered. She ran towards Melissa and shakily passed the phone to her; “Hello?” she answered. “Hello Melissa, this is Bobby your Dad . . . he had an accident trying to break the new horse your dad said that as he was riding the horse and he was startled by a noise and the horse stood and flipped over and landed on top of your dad , he’s being rushed to the Methodist Dallas Medical Center I’m so sorry I’m praying for you and your family.” As she hung up the phone, it dropped to the ground. Melissa and

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Earlier this week The New York Times issued an account in their Sunday paper discussing the critical topic in regards to America accepting Refugees from the Middle East. The Times honed in on this topic in the column “ U.S Will Accept More Refugees as Crisis Grows”, written by Michael R. Gordon, Alison Smale, and Rick Lyman. The feature begins to discuss the problems that are being raised in the Middle East. Hundreds of thousands of men, women, and families in countries like Syria, Iraq, Somalia, and Bhutan are in danger due to the fact that their countries are facing war. This leads to the people of these countries being forced to leave in order to escape the war and oppression. These people are called Refugees. The problem cultivates as wealthier neighboring countries become reluctant in helping these refugees because of their anti-refuge politics. Refugees are then forced to travel as far away as they can, paying until they can no longer go any further. They are then forced into labor, later leading them to escape in an unsafe and deathly manner across the Mediterranean sea to Europe. This being the cause of the many deaths of men, women, and children across the Middle East as they had hopes of a better life elsewhere.The Washington Post also reflects on this subject in their column, “Refugees in America: Syrian family rebuilds life in the U.S” by Deepti Hajela. Hajela interviews a Syrian family, the Roustom. The father Hassan Al Roustom exclaims,

Over generations, some may come to be amazing people and this would be helping America. In this situation, this would be a win for The United States because they are the ones who are developing and creating this situation. For example, in the article “Why does America not take in more Syrian Refugees?” It says that the father of Steve jobs, the founder of Apple, was a Syrian refugee. Just to think where we would be without Apple's technology would be horrifying. Apple has and continuously does so much for so many people in the world that depend on them every day. This is just one example out of the thousands of people who could make a difference in our

While reading and evaluating Of Mice and Men (1937) by the famed novelist John Steinbeck, the several relationships in the story reveal both true, authentic friendship, as well as the opposite, sad, desperate degrees of loneliness and plummeting isolation. Similar to the people that we come across in our lives, a handful of the characters in Of Mice and Men portray false faces of contentment, yet in actuality, they are alone and caught feeling stuck and empty on the inside. On the other hand, there are numerous representations of sincere friendships that seem as if they could last a lifetime. There are also episodes of different characters being vulnerable and straightforward with each other in a frantic attempt to have someone

195,000million-430,000million is the estimated amount of innocent civilians who died during the Vietnam War. The war affected the civilians in a number of different ways. From having to move to different countries in order to survive to mass murders in your backyard. The things these civilians faced during this time is unreal; something no one could even fathom.

Although the government’s intentions to provide security and protection to the Vietnamese was positive, ultimately, it behaved as a disadvantage. Not only did the refugees have to assimilate into a new culture, but they faced challenges from citizens who held discontent for them. Yet, the refugees still prospered even with the odds against them. Since then, however, a new crisis that appears to be similar has occurred. America yet again has found itself caught between joining a war with Syria or abandoning the war to focus on issues afflicting its citizens. Though the President has already sent attacked Syria, he has yet to announce officially that America waged war against the President of Syria. While Americans argue against going to war

Furthermore, a steady flow of refugees into the US would strengthen our economy in the long run. At first, wages will lower and jobs will be scarce, but after things settle, wages will become higher than ever and refugees will fill in unwanted jobs. The US Department of State Refugee Admissions says that refugees who come to America often begin with an entry-level job. As they learn English and acquire the skills of an American worker, those refugees with education and degrees often can find work at a higher level as a doctor or

Due to the recent crises caused by the conflict in Syria, more than four million refugees have fled that region of the

Also many of those refugees may have skills that workers in America don’t have and can possibly even start their own business which would make more jobs. This is why more refugees should be allowed to enter the United states because they can help out the economy and the debt problem for the United states.

As each pair of sneakers, sandals, and boots passes through my hands, I think about the story of the man, woman, and child who will receive them. I think about the tattered shoes they have walked in for demanding miles, and the places they will go with these donated shoes. I think about the chaos they flee and their trust in the future. Each refugee is unique in experience, religion, home, and history; yet, all leave everything behind with the goal of achieving a better life.

the refugee crisis has reached a critical mass around the world with continued conflict in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Congo just to name a few. There are unprecedented numbers of refugees seeking help in many countries around the world. The US pledged to take 10,000 from Syria alone this year and is promising to increase that number to 50,000 in the coming years. To tackle the high volume task of resettling the US government relies on non-profit humanitarian organization and other NGO agencies to help place refugees in

Since 2011, Syria has been engaged in a Civil War with protestors against the government and members of the extremist group ISIS, and approximately 7.6 million people have been displaced from their homes (usnews.com 2015). As the conflict destroys more homes and livelihoods each year, an increasing number of civilians have been forced to leave Syria and try to find safety elsewhere. Already a contentious issue, the Syrian refugee crisis has awakened tensions, both economic and social as debate erupts over what to do with the refugees.In response to the crisis, while some countries like Germany have pledged to help the refugees, (New Statesman 2015 1) only 2,340 have been admitted. Clearly, more needs to be done in order to help the refugees. Although there are economic and population concerns to be considered, the humanitarian conflict that faces the refugees and solutions already available are reason enough for Europe to increase the numbers of Syrian refugees allowed in.

The Syrian refugee crisis has received massive media coverage. People around the world are trying to comprehend the desperate, complicated situation surrounding Syria. The civil war in Syria is the worst crisis in our time. Syrians upset at the fact that long promised reforms have not been enacted, began anti-government demonstrations which started the civil war in 2011. The peaceful protests turned ugly, with the government violently putting an end to those protests. Afterward, ordinary citizens took arms, causing the situation to escalate. Syrians are fleeing their homes because of the great violence, which have left thousands dead and millions wounded, a collapsed infrastructure, resulting in a shattered economy, and for the safety of the children. Syrians are either streaming to surrounding countries or risking their lives to travel to Europe.