Those recommended to this country are then scrubbed by US security officers through interviews overseas and biometric background checks, a process that can take up to two years. Refugees from Syria must undergo an additional layer of scrutiny that refugees from most other countries are spared.
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“Don’t worry. It won’t get passed”, said Sen.
House Speaker Paul Ryan told the press however, he believes “this is urgent”.
The administration’s veto threat “baffles me, especially given the fact that his own law enforcement top officials came to Congress and testified that there are gaps in this refugee program”, he added.
The House vote was 289-137.
On his way out of the meeting with Democrats Thursday, Johnson said the House measure was “a bad bill because it seeks to micromanage the process in a way that is counterproductive to national security, to our humanitarian obligations and to the overall ability of us to focus on homeland security”. In a sign of the conflicting political undercurrents confronting Democrats, senior House Democrats said they did not push rank-and-file lawmakers to oppose the bill.
“America needs to remain a beacon of hope, liberty, and freedom for the rest of the world”. “We must continue to have compassion for others, but we must also maintain the safety of Iowans and the security of our state”.
The White House has proposed admitting at least 10,000 refugees from Syria next year.
That bill has been assigned to the House Judiciary Committee.
Secretary of State John Kerry announced in September that the United States will increase the number of refugees admitted to the US from across the world from 70,000 to 85,000 in 2016 and up to 100,000 in 2017. What is Obama doing – what is America doing – to help the 11 million?
The debate now shifts to the Senate, and Boozman, a Republican from Rogers, said he expects widespread support. But things could easily change with the massive exodus taking place. “He underestimated ISIS and is really is being somewhat flippant in his answers regarding questions being posed concerning security”.
Comey has expressed deep concerns about the bill, two US officials informed CNN.
“We don’t have sufficient information to appropriately investigate and vet failed nation states”, said Representative Trey Gowdy, (R) SC.
When looking at only terrorism classified as “jihadist”, 80 percent were USA citizens at the time of the crime, but 50 percent were born in the U.S. Donald Trump has called for a database of Muslims in the country and would not rule out giving them special ID cards that noted their religion, Ben Carson has compared Syrian refugees to dogs, while both Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush have argued the United States should only accept Christian refugees.
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“I really urge anyone who has doubts about these Syrian refugees to just take a moment, meet with one of those families, sit down and talk to them, and ask them their story”.
