If you've seen the news, or even just alive, you've probably heard about the refugee crisis that's unfolding over in Europe with asylum seekers. You may have also heard that country's that are seen as genuinely progressive are only allowing a few refugees in, and even still are deterring them from going over. Some of you may think that the governments are doing it for xenophobic reasons, rather than rational ones. And you may be right, I sort of hold that view when it comes to some of the rhetoric leaders have given.
With the attacks in Paris, xenophobic rhetoric has been popular on the stump. Some of it is quite scary to be honest, Donald Trump (who is not unfamiliar with crazy remarks) revived the debunked story about Muslims cheering the world trade center collapse on 9/11 and said he would favor a registry of Muslims (he has since backtracked from that position) and was even criticized by the populist outsider Ted Cruz who has of up to this point supported everything he has said.
Immigration will probably get more attention as long as Syria keeps its people fleeing to safety.
