The President Is Right to Give Priority to Those Fleeing Religious Persecution
Yazidis and Middle Eastern Christians often have nowhere else to go.
January 31, 2017
The President Is Right to Give Priority to Those Fleeing Religious Persecution
Yazidis and Middle Eastern Christians often have nowhere else to go.
The recent executive order suspending the U.S. refugee-admission program allows exceptions for members of religious minorities facing persecution in their home countries. It also instructs the Departments of State and Homeland Security, when the program resumes, “to prioritize refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution, provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual's country of nationality.” Although he finds the overall order flawed “on policy and moral grounds,” Samuel Tadros argues that it was correct in this regard:
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