With the recent fall of the Bashar Assad regime, many Syrians started heading back to their home country. While the rebels who have deposed the brutal dictator may prove to be problematic, for now hope and expectations are attracting Syrians back.
Mark Krikorian is Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies.
He wonders what the incoming Trump administration will do with the thousands Syrian refugees who have been granted asylum in the United States.
Europe taking action already
"With Assad gone, the rationale for the special status that we've been giving people is kind of gone, isn't it? And so will we follow suit with what the Europeans are doing? Because in Europe, for instance, a whole bunch of 
countries are taking steps to increase either people voluntarily going home or deporting people, especially if they're criminals."
Krikorian says clearly the Biden administration has done nothing about Syrian refugees here.
"But in a month, there's going to be a new administration. It will be interesting to see whether the Trump administration says, ‘OK Temporary Protected Status. No reason for that anymore.’ These other special statuses we've given people from Syria, refugee resettlement, all of that is no longer relevant. Conditions have changed. I expect to see that from the Trump administration, but we don't know yet and they haven't said anything. It is something we need to keep an eye on."
