Democrats who were quick to express support for the American air strikes in Syria followed up Friday with a warning that the Trump administration cannot hope to fully address the humanitarian disaster without reassessing its intolerance toward refugees.

“The President said that images of slaughtered Syrian children contributed to his decision to take military action,” said California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris. “That should also compel the Administration to rethink its misguided refugee policy and open our doors to the children and families fleeing ongoing violence and oppression in Syria and elsewhere.”

The Trump administration on Friday described his decision to launch a missile attack in Syria as the product of 72-hours of soul-searching that started with the horrific images of the almost 100 people, including children, who died when the Syrian government unleashed chemical weapons on its own people earlier in the week.

“He was very moved and found the event extremely tragic,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said. “It was very disturbing and tragic and moving to him.”

While Democrats and some humanitarian organizations described similar reactions, they said that Trump’s reaction would be short-sighted if it did not account for the past seven years of horrific conflict. The Syrian civil war began in 2011, when the Syrian government brutally cracked down on protests calling for Assad’s removal from power.