Collateral Damage: American Way and Muslim-Majority Countries

collateral damage: Every time we depart from our values we worsen the very problem we are trying to contain, Jolie writes, according to Guelph Mercury. We must never allow our values to become the collateral damage of a search for greater security. She also says in a New York Times editorial Thursday that the U.S. decision to suspend refugee resettlements and visits from several Muslim-majority countries isn't the American way. Shutting our door to refugees or discriminating among them is not our way, and does not make us safer. Refugees seeking entry to the U.S. already undergo extensive screening by various federal agencies, she says. A special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees since 2012, Jolie says refugees recommended for resettlement are often survivors of terrorism and torture or may be in need of advanced medical care. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.