Three Republican governors seeking their party’s presidential nomination – Chris Christie of New Jersey, John Kasich of OH, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana – have also objected to the Syrian refugee program.
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Mark Kadel heads up the Spokane office of World Relief, a national refugee resettlement agency.
It is imperative that we take action where the White House has not.
“I am asking you, is OR scheduled to receive any Syrian refugees?”
And what’s been interesting is, in the aftermath of Paris, as I listen to those who suggest something else needs to be done, typically the things they suggest need to be done are things we are already doing. The administration indicated it would take up to 100,000 refugees by 2017.
Rhodes explained the USA has “very extensive screening procedures for all Syrian refugees”. That’s not American. That’s not who we are.
Gov. PAT McCRORY (R-N.C.): And I think these concerns are warranted in this time as the French premier says is war.
Lavinia Limon, the president and chief executive of the U.S. Commission for Refugees and Immigrants, said she is surprised the once-nonpartisan cause of helping refugees fleeing violence has become so politicized.
Syrian refugees pass time in Aksaray neighborhood in Istanbul. The policy of bringing these individuals into the country is not only misguided, it is extremely unsafe.
“The people who are fleeing Syria are the most harmed by terrorism…they are parents, they are children, they are orphans”, Obama said.
Greek and Serbian officials said the man, identified as Ahmad al-Mohammad – possibly an alias – had posed as a Syrian refugee and arrived by boat to a Greek isle in early October before taking the Balkan route to a migrant camp in Croatia.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage said that it’s irresponsible for the United States to accept refugees.
At least one state representative wants more clarity. ISIS is a terrorist organization, one that must be destroyed and erased from this planet.
While not naming names, Obama alluded to proposals by Bush and Cruz when he criticized the notion that Christians should be given preference as refugees from Syria, saying it amounts to a religious test. I think most people would.
Rick Snyder, the governor of MI, said: “Michigan is a welcoming state and we are proud of our rich history of immigration”.
Obama insisted that the US would uphold his commitment of accepting refugees from Syria despite rising opposition from conservatives.
“Protecting the safety and security of our people is the first responsibility of government”, he told the paper. Ben Carson said he would ban all Syrian refugees because he has “big frontal lobes”. “We had very robust vetting procedures for those refugees”. “But maybe with the event that happened in Paris, that will give a few impetus to getting a congressional vote on this particular issue”. “Bring tens of thousands of them to America and put them here”.
References or suggestions that Obama claimed ISIS no longer presents an active threat are incorrect. “Less than two weeks later, the FBI arrested an Iraqi-born man in North Texas and charged him with lying to federal agents about traveling to Syria to fight with ISIS”.
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of MA is calling for support for Syrian refugees, following escalating tension surrounding Friday’s attacks on Paris by the Islamic State group and U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan to send 50 U.S. Special Operations troops to northern Syria.
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Markey emphasized that America will guarantee its borders are free of loopholes and that all incoming refugees will be thoroughly screened. While minimizing civilian casualties in a necessary priority, this objective shouldn’t be at the expense of allowing ISIL to manage and run a state from which they have launched both a reign of terror in Syria and Iraq and overseas.
