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Antelope High School

Home of the Titans


Principal, John Becker
Phone: (916)782-6565 ext. 1047
Robert Raphael Schieberl IV
7801 Titan Drive
Antelope Ca, 95843
Governor Jerry Brown
c/o State Capital, Suite 1173
Sacramento, Ca 95814
To Whom It May Concern:
Currently, 11.5 percent of [Syrias] population has been killed or injured in the ongoing conflict
in the Middle East (Ian Black). For the past five years, the Middle East, especially Syria has been dealing
with an unstable government and the recently introduced threat of ISIS. Due to the constant battling and
chaos, hundreds of thousands are suffering from starvation, dehydration, and no shelter to stay at. The
necessities for a normal and peaceful life has been strippedaway by the incompitence of others. Hello Mr.
Brown, this is Robert Schieberl, a sophomore attending Antelope High School ins the RJUHSD district of
California, who has been researching about the topic of the Syrian Crisis in my English class. With the
current lawmakers refusal to let in more Syrian refugees out of safety, I would have to agree with the
lawmakers because we cannot sacrifice the safety of our population due to other peoples incompitence.
The current status of the Syrians, which has not been ignored, has become worse over the years.
Fighting has continued throughout Aleppo, Syrias largest city where opposition forces [are] seeking
to topple the president, Bashar al-Assad (Ian Black). Due to the collapse of the government, the city has
become a warzone, displacing many civilians. As America and Russia tries to get involved to fix the
problem, their disputing beliefs and side they are backing cause the issues to become worse (US supports
the rebels while Russia supports Assad). With little help from the outside and collapse of power, the war
has become a black hole that has been absorbing all of the countries resoucres, resulting in blackmail,
theft, and smuggling being popular, yet it continues to encourage chaos (Ian Black). With the high
amount of violence, many refugees have begin to flee, which leads us to the issue at hand currently.
A common comparision is being made thorughout today about the relation between this crisis and
the WWII refugee crisis; in some ways they are similar while others they are far different. During WWII
and the persecutaion of the Jews, many began to flee to America but as a safety measure, the US set up
strict limits on refugees fleeing Europe (Associated Press). During this time, a lot f the negative came
from the safety conerns, however some sources point out that negativity came from the prejudice against
the Jewish population (Associated Press). The blantant similarity is the rejection and potential racism
towards these two subjects. Safety, however, can be understood as a very high priority, especially during a
time of war and the potential to have enemy spies was and still is very high; it is only logical to play it
safe. However, there are differences between the two copmarisons. The most obvious reason was that
there was no international conspiracy [that the] German Jews planned to carry out daily attacks in
foreign countries (Associated Press). Since there was never a conspiracy of true terrorist attacks from the
Jews, the US only had to worry about potential spies who would only intercept secret information that
doesnt even pertain to most of the population. On the contrary, the recent terrorist attacks in France and
Belgium really gives good reason to not take in refugees. Both of these countries had lenient borders and
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Antelope High School


Home of the Titans
Principal, John Becker
Phone: (916)782-6565 ext. 1047
were accepting of the refugees and the worst case scenario occured: terrorists infiltrated as refugees, thus
causing chaos. The other difference is the reason for fleeing. The Jews began to flee from Europe
because of discrimination and mistreatment strictly due to their religion (Associated Press). The Jews
had a legitimate for fleeing since they were being unethically persecuted not for violence, but for an
ideology. Meanwhile the Syrains are fleeing simply from a civil war, most people are not being put into
concentration camps to be tortured and slaughtered. Thus, the refugee crisis is similar yet different from
the WWII refugee crisis.
I would have to personally agree with the lawmakers decisions of not allowing the Syrian
refugees to enter the country. I do want to make absolutely clear before I continue into my explanation
that my reasoning for doing so has nothing to do with any sort of prejudice towards the Syrian population,
quite frankly it is annoying to be called a racist when one is trying to think about the safety for the greater
good of the population. My reasoning is fairly simple: Syrian refugees hold a much higher rate of hidden
terrorists and safety threats compared to the Jews. Another point ia that the Syrians are a lot less
disriminated against in their civil war, in comparison to the concentration camps made only for Jews in
WWII. The idea that by denying them access to our country would reveal to the world that we,
Americans, are cowards who do not support our philosophy of accepting all and any foreigner is almost
laughable. It has been recorded that the US, since WWII, has taken [in] more refugees than any other
country on the planet (Associated Press). By not accepting one tiny group of the world as a safety
concern should correlate to how concerned and caring the US government is for everyones wellbeing.
Now by denying the entrance to America does not remove the idea that we can support the refugees by
sending out supplies or sending troops to assist in rebalancing the region. There are many ways in which
the US can help the Syrians, but based off the concerns for safety, I see it as a no-go for accepting them
into our soil.
In conclusions, although Syrians are having a rough time dealing with their civil war and political
collapse, the threat of future terrorist attacks outway the risk of accepting in refugees who are not being
discriminated against like the Jews in WWII. I believe the safety of our people and the idea of dealing
with our current problems first is more important than taking in runaways from a troubled country. Gov.
Brown, I insist upon you, to think of your fellow colleague and his or her family when making this
decision. Make it for the safety of YOUR people, not someone elses. I hope you can form the better
judgement to join the fellow lawmakers in keeping out the refugees. Its not about prejudice, its about
safety. Thank you for your time and please take into serious account of what I have addressed to you.
Thank you, once again, Gov. Jerry Brown.
Sincerely,
Robert Raphael Schieberl IV
Antelope High School Student
Respectful. Responsible. Proud
GO TITANS!

4635 Elverta Road, Antelope, CA 95843

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