#116 - Should The U.S. Let In 100,000 Syrian Refugees?

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🗓️ 20 January 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Since the Syrian Civil War began in 2011, more than 4 million Syrians have fled the country, creating the greatest refugee crisis since World War II. The United States has taken in just over 2,000 Syrian refugees since the war’s start, and the Obama administration has pledged to take another 10,000 in 2016. What are our moral obligations, and what are the cultural, economic, and security issues that must be taken into account? Should the U.S. let in 100,000 Syrian refugees? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Morely, legally, historically, politically, it has always been the case since this great
0:07.8	nation began to regulate the passage of people across its borders that the central question
0:13.7	asked by our immigration policy has come down to just three words, who gets in.
0:20.6	And now we are asking it again as we all see a wave of men, women, and children departing
0:26.0	Syria by the millions, a Syria that no question is a hell right now.
0:31.8	All of these people looking to get someplace else and someplace safe.
0:36.2	And should the United States be that place for some of them?
0:39.6	We have said we will take 10,000, but is that enough when there are so many more?
0:44.8	Or is that too many already for a nation fearful of terrorism rooted in the Middle East?
0:50.2	Well, this sounds like the makings of a debate, so let's have it.
0:53.0	Yes or no to this statement.
0:55.0	The US should let in 100,000 Syrian refugees.
1:00.7	A debate from Intelligent Squared US.
1:02.5	We are at the Kaufman Music Center in New York City with four superbly qualified debaters
1:07.8	who will argue to against to four and against this motion.
1:11.6	The US should let in 100,000 Syrian refugees.
1:16.5	As always, our debate will go in three rounds, and then our live audience here in New York
1:20.8	City votes to choose the winner, and only one side wins.
1:25.2	Let's meet our debaters with the motion being the US should let in 100,000 Syrian refugees
1:30.3	welcoming the team, arguing for that motion.
1:32.8	First, ladies and gentlemen, great Robert Ford.
1:35.2	And Robert Ford, you're a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute.
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