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Bishop Bawai Soro said he and most of his fellow Iraqi refugees were happy to wait years to reach America
An Iraqi-American bishop has defended attempts by President Donald Trump to introduce a travel ban on refugees.
Chaldean Catholic Bishop Bawai Soro, based in El Cajon, California, who arrived in the US as a refugee more than 40 years ago, said in an article for the San Diego Tribune that coming to America was not a right but a privilege.
He wrote: “Being delayed as a refugee is not a new thing. All the previous administrations, since President Carter, delayed numerous refugees and migrants not only for months but also for years. If Americans really believed that coming to America was a universal human right, I assure you that by now the US population might have reached three billion, instead of only 325 million.”
He added: “If America needs to build a wall and vet refugees, then it must be so. If a simple house is to be secured, doesn’t the owner of the house lock the doors at night? What happens if thieves know the door is unlocked? Open borders and easy-going immigration policies are what could inflict the US with the fire that has been burning in the Middle East for centuries.”
More: catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/02/23/us-bishop-who-was-a-refugee-defends-trumps-travel-ban/
An Iraqi-American bishop has defended attempts by President Donald Trump to introduce a travel ban on refugees.
Chaldean Catholic Bishop Bawai Soro, based in El Cajon, California, who arrived in the US as a refugee more than 40 years ago, said in an article for the San Diego Tribune that coming to America was not a right but a privilege.
He wrote: “Being delayed as a refugee is not a new thing. All the previous administrations, since President Carter, delayed numerous refugees and migrants not only for months but also for years. If Americans really believed that coming to America was a universal human right, I assure you that by now the US population might have reached three billion, instead of only 325 million.”
He added: “If America needs to build a wall and vet refugees, then it must be so. If a simple house is to be secured, doesn’t the owner of the house lock the doors at night? What happens if thieves know the door is unlocked? Open borders and easy-going immigration policies are what could inflict the US with the fire that has been burning in the Middle East for centuries.”
More: catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/02/23/us-bishop-who-was-a-refugee-defends-trumps-travel-ban/
