“They showed us once again the depths of the terrorist’s depravity”, he said. It’s not hard to see how it can begin to handle it. First, tell Germany’s foolhardy chancellor to stop encouraging more migrants to come; enforce national boundaries like nation-states have from time immemorial; refuse to accept anyone who hasn’t been processed properly. Parisians opening their doors to anyone trapped in the street, taxi drivers turning off their meters to get people home safely, people lining up to donate blood. “These simple human acts are a powerful reminder that we can not be broken and in the face of terror we stand as one”, said the vice president.
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“In the wake of these bad events, I understand the anxiety many Americans feel”.
“Refugees go through interagency screenings, biometric checks with fingerprinting, forensic documents testing, medical screenings, in-person interviews with the Department of Homeland Security”, said Smyers of CWS.
Then the Paris attacks happened, ISIS announced that it would target NY and Washington, and news reports raised the possibility that one of the Paris bombers may have entered Europe amid a group of refugees.
“Short of that, even if today’s bill were to pass the Congress and be signed into law, the President would still retain the power to let in whoever, and however many, refugees he pleases”, Jones said. In the past five years, the U.S.has received less than 2,500 Syrian refugees, most of whom were women and children.
In the words of Leon Rodriguez, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who also testified at Thursday’s hearing, of all the tens of millions of people who are trying to get into the States every year, “Refugees get the most scrutiny and Syrian refugees get the most scrutiny of all”.
We are concerned that the reaction of a few elected officials and others to the tragic terrorist attacks in Paris is a call for an end to the admission of refugees from Syria, or to limit admission to Christians only. “Refugees wait 18-24 months while the screening process is completed”. But we should take a pause, no matter how long, to review our vetting processes and make sure our borders are tight and secure. Haslam’s request, she said, “ignores that we offer hope to those fleeing from violence and tyranny (and) ignores that our strength lies in our welcoming those who seek a better life and that our power comes from generations of immigrants that came here to make a better life for their children”. We will betray our ideals and take actions, actions motivated by fear that will drive more recruits into the arms of ISIL. They say the plan to bring at least 10,000 to the USA this fiscal year “represents a modest commitment by our government”.
Refugee applicants are subject to the highest level of security checks of any type of traveler to the U.S. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees initially chooses which refugees to refer to the USA after doing its own check.
He said terrorists “win” by getting Americans to turn against ideals like “freedom, openness [and] tolerance”. But, he wrote, “We must never confuse the people who look to us for safety and opportunity with those who wish to do us harm”.
Vice President Biden was correct.
Now, there’s a lot of concern with Americans about who these people are, what their intentions are. After 9/11, the Bush administration gave al-Qaeda exactly what it wanted by sending USA troops to Iraq. Leading Republican candidate Donald Trump has gone so far as to advocate for a mandatory database of all Muslims residing in the United States. “This is not to instill fear but to remind us to be vigilant”.
Intolerance has no place in this great and good country.
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For conservatives on edge after the attacks on Paris, the rhetoric resonates.
