The USA will accept 85,000 people in 2016 and 100,000 in 2017.
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Republican Congressman, Bill Johnson says he supports Governor Kasich, in part because of security and safety issues.
The White House hosted a conference call with a bipartisan group of 34 governors from across the country Tuesday to provide information regarding existing refugee policies.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott sent a letter to the Speaker of the House and Georgia’s Gov. Nathan Deal sent a request to President Obama Monday expressing their concerns about refugee resettlement in light of the terror attacks in Paris. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats have come out strongly against any measures to block Syrian and Iraqi refugees, saying they already are rigorously vetted under the present system.
“We stay one year two months”, said Fatima Idris.
On Wednesday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest dismissed legislation urging a halt to the refugee program.
The Center for American Progress released a column (en español) and infographic today that show how the current rhetoric employed by those seeking to close US borders ignores the strong security precautions already in place to prevent terrorists from entering the United States through the refugee program.
“Apparently they are scared of widows and orphans coming into the United States of America”.
The bill steers clear of demands from a few Republicans, including presidential candidates, for religious screenings or a complete end to the USA refugee program. “It needs to stop; because the world is watching”, he added.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday repeated his promise to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees despite the reluctance of a few 30 governors, majority from Republican states, to welcome them after the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.
The plan would require the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the secretary of Homeland Security and the director of National Intelligence to personally certify that each refugee is not a security threat.
“I understand why Americans have been particularly affected”, he said.
Even if it does pass in Thursday’s vote the bill would have no immediate effect.
It also must be noted that federal officials say Syrian refugees undergo a more stringent vetting process than refugees from other countries.
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U.S. State Department figures say about 2,500 Syrians have been admitted since the civil war broke out in the spring of 2011: about half that number are children.
