The House lawmakers passed a bill that halted the process of letting Syrian and Iraqi refugees into America until the U.S makes sure they will not pose any threats to our national security.

There has been much debate over whether or not the U.S should let Syrian Refugees into the country. One of the Paris terrorists posed as a Syrian refugee, which led to halting the ability of Syrian and Iraqi refugees to enter the States.

Those who support the bill are concerned for national security. Those who are against the bill, like Obama, say that the majority of the refugees are non-violent and are escaping terrorism.

http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/21...

"It is sad and I feel bad for the Syrian refugees that are harmless, but at the same time I want to feel safe in my country," Haley Lemire said.

Terrorism is sadly quite an active thing now through out the world. The alleged planner of the Paris attacks died in a police raid, but there is still one more out there.

Though national security is the most important, there are Syrians who would do anything to feel safe right now. We have to ask ourselves if we are doing the right thing.

The process to get in from Syria is time consuming, and far from easy. There are 23,000 Syrians in the refugee camps and 2 percent will actually come to the states. Most of the refugees are the sick elderly, children and their mothers. After they are chosen, they are interrogated by National Counterterrorism Center, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, State Department and the Pentagon. If there was a terrorist trying to get in with refugees it would be nearly impossible to get cleared by the U.S screening.

38 states are taking part in a bipartisan legislation that stops all refugees from coming into their state and end isa waivers for anyone who has come into the states in the past five years. Though it is important to feel safe in your own country, so we will see what the Senate votes on this bill.