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Should immigrants from high risk countries be banned from entering the country until the government improves its ability to screen out potential terrorists?

Proponents argue that this strategy would bolster national security by minimizing the risk of potential terrorists entering the country. Enhanced screening processes, once implemented, would provide a more thorough assessment of applicants, reducing the likelihood of malicious actors gaining entry. Critics argue that such a policy might inadvertently promote discrimination by broadly categorizing individuals based on their nation of origin rather than specific, credible threat intelligence. It may strain diplomatic relations with the affected countries and potentially harm the perception of the nation enacting the ban, being seen as hostile or prejudiced towards certain international communities. Additionally, genuine refugees fleeing terrorism or persecution in their home countries might be unjustly denied safe haven.

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 @9MR9VHJfrom Ontario  answered…10mos10MO

no, but measures should be taken screen out potential terrorists.

 @B3DB5PQfrom Ontario  answered…1wk1W

No, screening should be the same for everyone. Terrorists can potentially come from anywhere (or be born and raised here)

 @B3K9X78from Ontario  answered…3 days3D

Proper screening and determining should be made to prevent that from happening with reliable experts to showcase the difference between a refugee, terrorist or spy for the average person.

 @B3J8PMGfrom Quebec  answered…4 days4D

No, immigrants from high risk countries are already screened for links to serious crimes and terrorism

 @B3J7FXQfrom Ontario  answered…4 days4D

We should allow immigrants in who share the same societal values as us, and who have the same respect for equality and humanity as us.

 @B3H825Kfrom Ontario  answered…6 days6D

No, as long as the immigrants are qualified people, they should be allowed in. The country they immigrate from does not entirely mean the immigrant is of that behavior.

 @B3H57NNfrom Ontario  answered…6 days6D

No, but they need to improve on this much more. I believe they need to do extra on someone who they may suspect is a terrorist, but should still allow people from high risk countries.

 @B3G7Z57from Ontario  answered…1wk1W

I think it depends on circumstances and if there’s a way to screen more then we should do that first

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U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly wasn’t sure what to make of reports that a suspicious fleet of unidentified aircraft had been flying over Langley Air Force Base on Virginia’s shoreline.Kelly, a decorated senior commander at the base, got on a squadron rooftop to see for himself. He joined a handful of other officers responsible for a clutch of the nation’s most advanced jet fighters, including F-22 Raptors. For several nights, military personnel had reported a mysterious breach of restricted airspace over a stretch of land that has one of the largest concentrations of national-security facilities in the U.S. The show usually starts 45 minutes to an hour after sunset, another senior leader told Kelly.Officials didn’t know if the drone fleet, which numbered as many as a dozen or more over the following nights, belonged to clever hobbyists or hostile forces. Some suspected that Russia or China deployed them to test the response of American forces.Federal law prohibits the military from shooting down drones near military bases in the U.S. unless they pose an imminent threat. Aerial snooping doesn’t qualify, though some lawmakers hope to give the military greater leeway.Reports of the drones reached President Biden and set off two weeks of White House meetings after the aircraft first appeared in December last year. Officials from agencies including the Defense Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pentagon’s UFO office joined outside experts to throw out possible explanations as well as ideas about how to respond.The first drone arrived shortly. Kelly, a career fighter pilot, estimated it was roughly 20 feet long and flying at more than 100 miles an hour, at an altitude of roughly 3,000 to 4,000 feet. Other drones followed, one by one, sounding in the distance like a parade of lawn mowers.The drones headed south, across Chesapeake Bay, toward Norfolk, Va., and over an area that includes the home base for the Navy’s SEAL Team Six and Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval port.

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