The U.S. should take in Syrian refugees

Gaia Squarci/McClatchy/TNSAfter attending Wake Forest’s Syrian refugee crisis panel on Oct. 6, I was greatly informed and shocked about this situation that is upon us. Though many facts and stories were shocking, I think the most shocking fact was that the United States has barely allowed any Syrian refugees to be admitted to the United States.

When one panelist said that President Obama would allow in 10,000 refugees, I thought that was a considerable and kind gesture. However, when she put that number into perspective, that those 10,000 refugees would only be one third of one percent of all refugees and that those 10,000 refugees would only have a 0.003 population increase in the United…