Last Friday, 27 governors, including Jindal, wrote Obama asking him to suspend plans to resettle more Syrian refugees in the country.
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Because our information on Syrian refugees is very limited, the legislation would effectively put a pause on the program.
Abbott and more than two dozen other governors have announced they are refusing Syrian refugees due to safety concerns following the deadly attacks in Paris.
The United Nations also works closely with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a group that’s based in Saudi Arabia, where Christianity is illegal, according to the Center for Security Policy, which may make it harder for Christians to be supported among U.N. policymakers.
United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric described the appeals as “elevated rhetoric…an increase in language where people talk about discrimination and, I think, disrespect for refugees and migrants who have sometimes spent decades in camps and are fleeing horrendous conditions of violence”.
The NBC News/Survey Monkey poll registered a loss for Carson over the past month, probably because he’s viewed as too soft-spoken to wage war, as well as because of the negative news stories about his personal recollections, and a gain for Cruz, who is about as hard-line as they get.
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. quotes testimony from Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, during a news briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, November 19, 2015, where he spoke about refugees, Syria, and immigration.
-A referral by the UNHCR to the US, after which a resettlement support center contracted by the State Department conducts interviews, collects documents and initiates a security check conducted by the USA government.
“Our multi-agency system for vetting refugees is strong, and it has been significantly enhanced over the past few years”, the letter said. “Resettling refugees who pass a thorough security check would likely decrease the recruiting pool for future terrorists and decrease the long run risk”. We should not accept any Syrian refugees in IN or across the country unless the USA government can guarantee, with 100 percent assurance, that they are not members, supporters or sympathizers of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
The administration plans to increase the number of Syrian refugees it accepts from 1,682 to 10,000 this fiscal year.
Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey are already doing their utmost to care for millions of refugees, largely relying on their own resources.
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On Tuesday, the White House held a conference call with 34 governors to provide more details on security screening procedures. “But more than anything, it is the right thing to do for those who are beneficiaries of God’s grace”.
More than half of the nation’s governors are taking a similar position as Gov. Abbott, but demonstrators see it as a wrong-minded policy.
The Cuban-American said a refugee can not be approved for admission until after the individual passes the USCIS’ officer’s interview and after the interview is reviewed by a supervisor. “Defunding President Obama’s refugee program is the only way to ensure there is an actual halt in the refugee influx until we can determine without question that we are not giving terrorists a free pass into the United States”.
Jindal’s order directs “state agencies to utilize all lawful means to prevent the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the State of Louisiana, ” Reed said. A strong bipartisan majority of the House, including 47 Democrats, agreed with me and voted for my bill, the American SAFE Act, delivering a veto-proof majority despite President Obama threatening a veto.
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