Tennessee. Oklahoma City. and the Boston Marathon should serve as a dire warning. A report submitted by the Obama administration for proposed refugee admissions says that in the year 2014 the median age of refugees from Iraq and Syria was 28 and 23. respectively. and over half of these refugees were of working age. between 16 years and 64 years of age. In fact. according to U.N. statistics. 65 percent of these Syrian refugees are militaryage males. who should be defending their own country and pose a risk of having ISIS infiltrators among them. Again. we dont need to look any further than Europe for all the evidence that we need to see the dire consequences for this program to American safety and security. According to the Gatestone Institute. half a million known migrants and refugees came to the European Union in the first 8 months of 2015. This number will most likely reach 1 million by the end of this year. and this does not include the number of individuals who slipped in undetected. Of the maritime arrivals in Europe. the top countries of origin are Syria.
Identified stereotypes
Syrian refugees, particularly military-age males, are portrayed as potential ISIS infiltrators.