Quote:But there has to be some kind of medium. From a humanitarian perspective, simply saying, "Nope, none of you can come over because one of you might be a terrorist," is a tough sentence to blurt out. Protecting Americans has to be priority number one, but we can't just turn a blind eye to the reality that the overwhelmingly vast majority of refugees are just that--refugees. By hosting them indefinitely in internment camps until such time as they can either be safely returned to Syria or granted a visa to stay in the US, we offer them a way out while keeping ourselves safe. I don't like the idea of letting Syrians walk free onto US soil after minimal vetting of their identities (if they're vetted at all), but I also don't think that slamming the door entirely is the responsible, humanitarian way out of this.