One of the Vermont Republicans seeking his party’s nomination to run for governor next year says he’s become more comfortable with the vetting of Syrian refugees after learning more about how refugees are screened before they are brought to the United States.
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Following the deadly attacks in Paris and the revelation that one of the terrorists may have entered Europe as part of the wave of Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland, a debate has flared in the USA about the advisability of taking in refugees from that Middle Eastern country.
Hogan’s office has not commented on the matter.
The federal government is officially warning governors in states like Texas that they do not have the power to reject Syrian refugees. USA federal law requires authorities to recognize a refugee’s religion in determining whether to grant asylum.
“And as president, I’m thankful that I get to see the best of America every day – the courage of our troops and veterans, the resilience of our families, and the basic goodness of the ordinary people who call this country”, he said. Jordan has more than 600,000, Iraq 200,000 plus, and roughly 130,000 Syrian refugees have settled in Egypt. In Lebanon, World Vision staff report that many Syrian refugees are holding on to their house keys because they still hope to go home. One of the suicide bombers is believed to have sneaked into the country as part of a group of refugees. Why can’t Obama agree to a sensible pause while a system is put in place to keep terrorists out of the U.S.?
Howard Brown, of North Kingstown, R.I. But there are now no Syrian refugees in the state. The premier of the state of Bavaria Premier Horst Seehofer criticised Austria on Tuesday for failing to coordinate the flow of migrants into southern Germany even as he renewed a challenge to Chancellor Angela Merkel over her management of the refugee crisis. Taking advantage of the refugee resettlement plan seems inefficient and more hard than other pathways to enter the country. “That means a lot of new talent, skills, and cultural perspective”, she said.
U.S. President Barack Obama pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey during the 68th annual presentation of the turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington November 25, 2015. Obama has already vowed to veto any sort of legislation deterring his administration’s plan of increasing the number of refugees fleeing the Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS or, in Syria to 10,000 throughout the 2016 fiscal year.
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The screening process for any refugee can take 18 to 24 months or more to complete, according to the State Department.
