I supported many of the restrictions that President Trump placed on allowing Muslim refugees into the United States, and the media called me a racist.

My reasoning was this:

The problem in Syria is the government, not the Syrians.  The Syrians should be able to return to their country in safe conditions.  For Europe to have accepted refugees from Syria doesn't negate the fact that Europe has refused to take effective action to stop Mr. Assad, and does not give Europe or anyone else the right to insist that the United States take in all of those people.

Mr. Assad ought to be a refugee, not all of the people whom he has driven from their homes.

That reasoning is applicable to all sorts of refugee situations.