Yes, 97% of the refugees accepted from Syria have been Muslims; and yes, 10% of the population of Syria are Christian. One would think there would be a higher number of Christian refugees.
Trump supporters frequently throw out this fact, implying that the Obama administration was clearly discriminating against Christians and giving Muslim refugees preference. While a lot of the uninformed audience may think this is a significant statistic, the spokespersons we see on TV know better, and they are being dishonest.
Christians are definitely victims of discrimination within Muslim communities in the Middle East; that's just a fact. The main U.N. refugee camp in Jordan from which the Syrian refugees come to the U.S. -- after an 18-month to two-year vetting process -- contains many thousands of Muslims, and the Christians there are persecuted; as a result, they flee the camp and are not selected, or they don't go there in the first place. That is why the number of Christian refugees is low, not because of Obama administration favoritism.
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