i fail to see how this policy makes me any safer today than i was yesterday.
The theory is there will be less Jihad in your backyard. Your 0.1% chance of dying to Islamic terrorism just went down to 0.09%. Show some gratitude.
That's only in America. Go to Saudi Arabia or the rest of the world for that matter and that percentage goes higher. That's excluding the places where rape and violent crime are going up because of all these refugees.
Trump just handed every would-be terrorist a righteous cause to justify striking against the US and drive recruitment. If you think this policy was a good idea and made the US safer, well... you may want to do some deep introspection of your own logic and motivations.
Wait, if these Muslims are that easily offended that if we don't let them in they'll blow us up then what are we doing letting them in? That's like saying "I better let my neighbor Bob live in my house or else he'll murder my entire family." Also I thought not all Muslims are violent.
Ok, you need a lesson.
1) A refugee application takes up to 2 years to process, goes through the UN first, AND (here's the big kicker) you CAN NOT CHOOSE THE COUNTRY YOU GO TO! Seriously, how do you people not read up on this? What, you think Syrians just fly over to the US and say "I'm a Refugee" and suddenly they get in? The UN vets you, figures out which country you should go to, then sends a referral to that country who then takes over the vetting process. US refugees take 2 years which includes interviews and major background checks.
2) ISIL recruits through two main methods: Propoganda and Conscription. Propoganda is basically "The US is at war with Islam! They kill your children and bomb your homes. Fight with us!" With the election of Trump, they cheered because the facade of peace that Obama put on has been thrown aside and America's true nature revealed as a country and people who wish to destroy Islam. Just look at Trump's speeches and see for yourself. When Trump did this ban, they also cheered cause now it's yet more proof, straight from Trump's own hand, that America hates Muslims.
Conscription is usually done by force. They go into a village with guns and numbers, threaten to kill anyone's family who doesn't fight, and walks away with a bunch of recruits. So no refugees means more families at risk for death. Yay for that.
So this is really a win-win for ISIL. I mean, how many people have they actually managed to sneak into the US?
Hell, why use the refugee program? Why not just take a boat, go to the East coast where no one lives, and just walk on land? Easy as fuck.