Dara Lind
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For the nonprofit organizations in charge of helping refugees settle in the US, life is about to get a lot harder.
Because it’s 2015, so of course it could.
In the wake of Friday’s deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, 26 governors issued statements saying they would bar Syrian refugees from settling in their states as of Monday afternoon.
America’s refugee panic has taken leave of facts; Charlie Sheen has an undetectable level of HIV in his blood; France wants the US and Russia to buddy up against ISIS.
They can’t prevent refugees from entering, but they can make it a lot harder for them to learn English and get jobs.
An investigation throughout Europe; a state of emergency in France; and — this part’s the overreaction — calls to ban Syrian refugees from the US.
The results might actually surprise you.
Refugees aren’t just slipping into the US. Screening takes two years, and it’s nearly impossible for people to pass.
Obama: “We don’t have religious tests to our compassion.”
The third loser is you, the viewer.