This is not because I want to bias the system in favor of Christians, as some of my more ridiculous critics on the Left have claimed. The other thing I advocated, and continue to advocate, is prioritization of refugee acceptance based on vulnerability to the worst forms of abuse: murder, rape, torture, enslavement. That's because I do believe that national security is preeminently important, and I want to make sure that what has happened in some places in Europe does not happen here. I also favor maintaining the stringency of the vetting system, even if that means we do not reach the quota. is not without responsibility for creating the refugee crisis (or the conditions for it)-though we can debate just which presidents and others bear just what portion of that responsibility. Many of my conservative friends disagree, but I believe that justice as well as compassion requires it. When I was chairing USCIRF, I called for an increase in the refugee quota. Because it isn't necessary to do it, it is, in my opinion, necessary not to do it.
We needn't, and therefore we shouldn't, shut out refugees who are fleeing terrorism in places such as Syria and Iraq, even temporarily. There are many things in our government that are “broken,” but our refugee vetting system isn’t one of them. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). I myself only learned about the stringency of our refugee vetting procedures as a result of extensive briefing when I was chairing the U.S. So they fear that what has happened in some places in Europe could happen here. Of course, most Americans don't know this. In this important respect, we are quite unlike many European nations. A significant part of the reason is that we already have “extreme vetting” of refugees. In my opinion, the EO was not necessary and therefore should not have been issued.
President Trump bears much responsibility for the confusion, and his critics bear some of it.
There is an enormous amount of confusion about the EO. I am extremely grateful for her work, and if you take the time to read her analysis (which began as a Facebook post), you will be grateful, too. There is nothing in what she says below that I can improve on. I had been planning to write an analysis of President Trump’s recent executive order, but Angela has saved me the trouble. I admire her and hold her in the highest esteem. Angela Wu Howard is a leading international human rights lawyer and activist with whom I have worked in defense of religious liberty.
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