entered the united states were considered displaced persons. fast forward to 1956, the hun fwarian revolution announced another directive. america was largely receptive of these refugees partly because of the positive image the government and the media painted of them, well-educated people who wished to integrate into american culture. in 1959 a wave of cuban refugees fled to the united states after fidel castro s guerilla fighters toppled the government. america saw them as welcome new commerce who brought economic revitalization to south florida, but everything changed on september 11, 2001. the 9/11 terrorist attacks put a hold on immigration reforms, refugee intake plummeted and it created rampant anti-muslim sentiment among some americans and politicians. between the years 2000 and 2002 president george bush reduced
of new mexic to mexico. good to see you. good morning. thank you. let s get to what the president said over the weekend that caused this. here it was. you look at what shaping in germany. you look at what is happening last night in sweden. sweden who would believe this, sweden, they took in large numbers they re having problems like they never thought possible. this is what he says my statement as to what s happening in sweden was in reference to a story broadcast on fox news concerning immigrants of sweden. now you can make the argument there s a connection between refugee intake and crime up tick. do you think it s a question of interpretation here or do you think that the president was playing loose. i think believe the president was playing loose with his facts and most disturbingly he s
came out as far as vetting? if this is a suspension that s temporary, why did we lose our national color and suspend refugee intake altogether? when we fought pirates in the 1700s, we didn t stop taking in refugees. why are we running scared? heather: i don t know if you can compare today to the time of pirates. isis is a pirate. they are not a conventional government. we have to put them out and eradicate them but not lose our character. heather: but some of these governments don t have the ability to properly vet or even know who these people are. i agree. you can t get certain legitimate documents. heather: then how do we keep america safe? the president acts through the agencies and law enforcement and plugs up the holes. heather: we need to do that first? you don t take seven countries and say we ll get to the rest of the 11 million