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President Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor said that the administration will not stop accepting Syrian refugees into the U.S.in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris. “It would be foolish for them not to do that”.
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said he would admit Syrian refugees that were Christian, after proper vetting. There is a very careful vetting process that including our terrorism community, our Department of Homeland Security.
“No, Chris, we’re still planning to take in Syrian refugees”, Rhodes said. He said the state “should not rush to offer an open door to the high-risk importation of individuals from a known hotbed of Islamic extremism”. Marco Rubio, another contender for the Republican presidential nomination, posed the problem of how to vet the refugees.
Both candidates for governor, Democrat John Bel Edwards and Republican U.S. Sen.
For months, security experts have been voicing concern about the likelihood that terrorists from ISIS or other groups could pose as refugees heading for Western nations. “I also said that we should increase numbers of refugees”.
His comments come after the passport of a Syrian citizen was found at one of the sites of the attack in Paris, although it was not certain if it belonged to the person it was found next to. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) pointed to Clapper’s earlier warning.
Todd asked, “Does the president now have any more pause about bringing Syrian refugees into the United States?”
“What we need to be able to do, frankly, is sort out that foreign fighter flow, those who have gone into Syria and come out and want to launch attacks or those who have connections with ISIL in Syria”, Rhodes said. “Those who are fleeing persecution should be resettled in the Middle East, in majority Muslim countries”, he said. “But President Obama refuses to that …”
WWL, the Times Picayune and WBRZ have all claimed that “the blogs” or “many blogs” have stated that 10,000 Syrian refugees had already arrived in New Orleans.
“And I think our focus ought to be on the Christians who have no place in Syria anymore”, he added.
“But to bring them here under these circumstances is a suspension of intellect”, said Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon.
The Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said there was “no magic number” for refugee admissions, but he agreed the USA had the “moral responsibility” to welcome refugees.
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Globally, the United States will accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, and 100,000 in 2017, up from 70,000 in each of the previous two years, Robert Jenkins, a U.S. AID official, told a Washington forum on Friday.
