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The backlash against Muslims has also been fueled by a number of politicians that have made statements that equate Muslims with terrorists and paint Muslim refugees as a dangerous risk to the United States. Among the most egregious:
◦Donald Trump suggested in an interview that harsh measures against American Muslims might be necessary. When asked in the interview if these measures might require “registering Muslims in a database or giving them a form of special identification that noted their religion,” Trump did not rule out such actions. Later, he told another reporter that he would absolutely implement a database for registering Muslims.
◦Senator Ted Cruz is advocating for a ban against any Syrian Muslims entering the U.S. Cruz proposed that the country admit only Christian refugees, saying “There is no meaningful risk of Christians committing acts of terror.”
◦During a campaign event, Ben Carson compared Syrian refugees to rabid dogs. In talking about letting in immigrants from Syria, Carson said, “If there’s a rabid dog running around your neighborhood, you’re probably not going to assume something good about that dog and you’re probably going to put your children out of the way.”
◦After Mayor David Bowers of Roanoke, Virginia, requested that agencies stop providing aid to Syrian refugees seeking relocation in his city, he cited the use of internment camps for Japanese-Americans as a justification for his decision.
◦Jeb Bush said that American aid for refugees fleeing Syria should be geared toward Christians as opposed to Muslims. Bush proposed that the U.S. should take in a limited number of Christian refugees, adding, “We should focus our efforts as it relates to the refugees for the Christians that are being slaughtered.”
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