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Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016/Syrian refugees

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Read what Donald Trump and the 2016 Republican Platform said about Syrian refugees below.

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  • Speaking about the U.S., Trump said “we have to be insane” to “take in 250,000 [Syrian refugees] — some of whom are going to have problems, big problems.”
  • Trump called for a "total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the U.S.

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    • Trump said that he would be comfortable personally telling Syrian refugee children that they were not permitted to come to the U.S., during a town hall meeting on February 8, 2016. "I can look at their faces and say, 'Look, you can't come here.’ … Their parents should always stay with them. But we don't know where their parents come from. We have no documentation whatsoever. There's absolutely no way of saying where these people come from,” Trump said, before recommending a “safe zone” be created in Syria for refugees.[2]
    • Trump criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel for permitting Syrian refugees to settle in Germany after the Paris terrorist attacks. He said, "As far as Merkel's concerned, she ought to be ashamed of herself, what she's done. … She blew it, when she allowed this to happen, this migration."[3]
    • At a rally in Beaumont, Texas, Trump discussed allowing Syrian refugees into the U.S. after reports said that one of the terrorist who carried out the attacks in Paris posed as a Syrian refugee. Trump said, "We all have heart and we all want people taken care of, but with the problems our country has, to take in 250,000—some of whom are going to have problems, big problems—is just insane. We have to be insane. Terrible."[4]
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    1. ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Donald Trump Enters 2016 Presidential Race," June 16, 2015
    2. ↑ CNN Politics, "Donald Trump: I can tell refugees 'you can't come here,'" February 8, 2016
    3. ↑ CNN, "Donald Trump: Syrian refugees a 'Trojan horse'," accessed November 17, 2015
    4. ↑ CNN, "More than half the nation's governors say Syrian refugees not welcome," accessed November 17, 2015
    5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    6. ↑ Republican Party, "The 2016 Republican Party Platform," accessed August 24, 2016
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