the US government should prioritize the humanitarian needs of refugees over its national interest.

I will also give a summary of my case, and explain why Con's evidence is not sufficient. Here is the heart of the problem of Con's case. She keeps comparing America to countries like Turkey and Jordan. "Turkey has maintained an official open-door policy for the victims of the Syrian conflict, absorbing about 2.5 million refugees and spending nearly $8.5 billion in the process. Last year, the EU reached a deal with Turkey, offering it $3.3bn to care for Syrian refugees on Turkish soil. However the other $5.2 billion has come directly out of Turkeys pocket" The American government would not view offering 3.3 billion dollars as a significant loss, because 3.3 billion dollars is very little next to our 17.43 trillion dollar GDP. Empirical evidence shows that undocumented immigrants could have been a hassle in the beginning, but prove to contribute a significant amount to our economies when they begin to create families. America would not lose anything. Economic Impacts-My opponent would like you to believe that refugees have little to no economic impact. This is not true. My opponent's only way of proving this is by comparing America to countries that have no where near the size of our GDP. America has a GDP of 17.43 trillion dollars. Our military budget is 800,000 billion dollars. My opponent stated in the previous round that Turkey had to spend 8.5 billion dollars for 2.5 million refugees. I already stated in the comments of how I believe there should be a proper vetting system. My opponent never commented on this. I also stated that we should admit refugees based on timeframe. I would be comfortable admitting anywhere between 500,000 to 1 million refugees every year. But, lets just say we admitted 2.5 million refugees. We would spend 8.5 billion dollars which makes no negative impact whatsoever on our economy. Again, we have a GDP of 17.43 trillion dollars. ----------------------------- Social Impacts: "The refugee presence in hosting countries has potential social impacts on the ethnic balance of hosting areas, social conflict, and delivering of social services" I never saw any evidence supporting this. I would interpret this as basically saying that Americans might me afraid of the refugees. There will be unintended consequences. Unintended consequences are alright. There were unintended consequences when slavery was declared legal. There were unintended consequences when blacks were allowed to go to white schools. But, America has made significant progress towards equality. We don't have an abundant amount of issues and headlines talking about how a majority of the white population is discriminating against black people in there local communities. Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; one cannot disagree that we should have got rid of slaver and the separate but equal concept. Refugees will go down a similar route. There will be short term consequences, but the long term benefits will outweigh the short term consequences. The future generations of refugees will be able to integrate into our society. ---------------------------------------- Political Impacts: "The third major effect that refugees have on the host country is political impact. Most of the studies that are done on refugees show that the political and security impacts of refugees tend to be negative on the host countries. Refugees may hold extreme views in politics, for or against the government of their country of origin." I said in the comments that I believed that there should be a vetting process to make sure we are not admitting any refugees with extreme views. My opponent directly asked that question. This impact should be considered null for this debate. I will now respond to the answers of my opponent's questions. "Though I do believe more statistics would be beneficial to this debate i think that I have still made valid points in my case against opening our borders to refugees despite it." My opponent does admit that there should be more data. I have stressed this point again and again. Our country is very wealthy, and will have no problem taking care of these refugees. My opponent cited evidence of countries having to spend 8 billion dollars. Our GDP is 17.43 trillion dollars. ----------------------------- "I believe that after we have supported them for who knows how long. Given them english classes, taught them how to get and keep jobs, fed them, and housed them yes it is probable" I will take the figure from Turkey. 2 million refugees were estimated to cost 8 billion dollars. 8 billion dollars is no problem for our government, especially when my opponent admits that it is probable that they would have the similar benefits to immigrants. I would like to thank my opponent for starting this debate. It is a very interesting topic that I enjoyed debating. Thank you.