¿What was the top country of origin for refugees to the US in 2015?
How accurate was your prediction?
What story does this chart tell?
What most surprised you about the data in the chart?
How closely does your community mirror the US in terms of refugees?
Would you say that the US, a nation of roughly 319,000,000, generally takes too many refugees?
President Obama said that the US would take in roughly 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016 (see map below).* Do you support that position?
In the comments section, what would you say to Americans who say we should stop all Syrian immigration to the US because of the ISIS attacks in Paris?
Action Extension
Research immigration to your community. Make a chart like the one above for the refugee population in your state/county/city. Go to the White House website and make your own We The People petition about the issue of Syrian refugees coming to the US.
