Resettling refugees is not cheap – one think tank estimates that a Middle Eastern refugee resettled in the US costs more than $60,000. The Office of Refugee Resettlement spends upwards of $1.5 billion a year, and adding more refugees will likely drive these costs up. Also, refugees are likely to need government assistance, at least in the first years after their arrival in the country. Were the US flush with cash, this kind of spending may be reasonable. But with over $21 trillion in debt, every dollar spent on refugee resettlement is a dollar that is not going to help Americans in need. With almost 40 million Americans living in poverty, the US is not in a position to spend billions of dollars on refugee resettlement. Our primary moral responsibility – and the opinion of many Americans – is to take care of Americans already in the count
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