Germany Closes Borders To Refugees Over the past few months, European countries have seen a shocking escalation of violence in their nations at the hands of migrants. Now, many of these Western nations are starting to question their open-arms policies, and Germany may even be in the process of closing their borders. According to reports, German riot police broke up a protest in Cologne on Saturday. Citizens were marching against Germanys migration policyan action that was sparked by a series of sexual assaults on women that occurred on New Years Eve. 32 people were suspected of playing a role in the attacks, and 22 of those were in the process of seeking asylum in Germany. That is only a fraction of the 76 criminal acts that were documented. The attacks on citizens at the hands of migrants ranged from sexual molestation to theft. Now, the country is questioning their decision to take in 1.1 million migrants and refugees, under an asylum law that was heavily supported by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Authorities report that around 1,700 people attended the rally, which was organized by the far-right PEGIDA movement. Demonstrators were taking their opinions to the extreme, with some of them even sporting tattoos with a skull in a German soldiers helmet. They were heard chanting things like Merkel must go and Rapefugees not welcome. This response, though extreme, serves as a warning to the United States. The policies we have in place are not guaranteed to protect against the type of violence that were already seeing throughout the world. The safety of our citizens needs to be a priority, not an afterthought. 