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Syrian Refugees: The Great Debate

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                                     Syrian refugees at the Turkey- Syria border in Hatay Photo: EPA     Lately, the world has grown rapid fear towards the ongoing terror attacks. Though the constant attacks are causing security scare world wide it has sparked the issue of immigration yet again. Currently in the United States some states are considering not to allow many Syrian refugees to settle in their states. According to a CNN report about thirty-one states in the United States don't approve of the settlement of Syrian refugees. Among the states include: Arizona, Texas, Alabama, Wisconsin, Michigan and Maine.   This uproar has risen after it was reported that at least one of the suspects of the Paris attacks two weeks ago entered Europe with a group of other Syrian refugees by falsely identifying himself as a Syrian named Ahmad al Muhammad. Eventually, that allowed him to enter Greece early this October.    Politicians and lawmakers who are going to vote on the decisi