[Loco101]

Originally Posted by niwell

I understand why people think that there shouldn't be any reason to want to flee to Canada if you made it to the US. In reality this is probably true.

But this is something that actually hits a bit close to home for me. My best friend's girlfriend is a refugee from Northern Iraq, and she has a fair amount of family in Michigan that are also refugees. They all feel very threatened at the moment, whether it's founded in reality or not. For the record almost everyone in this family is highly educated and staunchly atheist, although the average person on the street would simply recognize them as middle eastern. Not saying that is typical but there are reasons why people may not want to stay in the US given the political climate.

I agree with what Acajack said above about the system being able to handle this. We can (and should) re-evaluate if the situation changes. A handful of people coming over isn't really a "thing" yet.

I have to agree with both you and Acajack.