Others have been harassed and intimidated.
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Syrian refugees are seeking shelter.
These were Muslim families who had fled for their lives, trying to outrun Islamic State with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
The Obama administration counters that the vetting process is thorough and can take up to two years.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks at the Dallas Regional Chamber at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on March 16, 2015.
“The US government handpicks the refugees who resettle here, and refugees are the most thoroughly vetted people to come to the United States”.
“It’s hypocritical for Obama Administration officials to threaten enforcement action against these states when they refuse to enforce the vast majority of our immigration laws, such as cracking down on sanctuary cities that openly defy federal law and endanger the American people”, he continued.
At their root, these debates are about the conception of America as a country. She recently received her Masters of Arts in Global Affairs and Human Security from the University of Baltimore. The safeguards include biometric (fingerprint) and biographic checks, and an interview by specially trained DHS officers who scrutinize the applicant’s explanation of individual circumstances to ensure the applicant is a bona fide refugee and is not known to present any security concerns to the United States.
“Terrorists have made it clear that they intend to infiltrate this refugee population to reach the West and carry out other attacks”, Ryan wrote this week in an op-ed for CNN. None of the three was Syrian.
Following the tragic attacks in Paris, 63% of voters oppose the plan to allow the Syrians to settle here. Dianne Feinstein, D-California.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement warned that states denying services and benefits to Syrian refugees would be in violation of federal law.
Accepting refugees can not be equated to accepting terrorists. A letter from the Office of Refugee Resettlement obtained by the Chronicle is the first indicator that the federal government may place Syrian refugees in states despite opposition from governors.
“The refugees have been screened prior to coming into the United States”. Even in the best of times, American public opinion does not reflect one of the most critical requirements of policy evaluation: a consideration of trade offs.
The White House hosted a nearly 90-minute conference call Tuesday with 34 governors to discuss the refugee resettlement process, including detailing the screening and security vetting process.
Meantime, Rep. Scott Tipton joined other Colorado House Republicans demanding an immediate stop to admitting Syrian refugees into the US.
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The heads of several New England groups that work with Syrian refugees said that calls for tighter controls on refugees, as well as a suggestion by Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump that the officials needed to monitor mosques and set up a registry of refugees, has left some feeling unwelcome in their new country. (By contrast, the French have agreed to accept 30,000-even in the wake of the Paris attacks.) But in the name of our common humanity, we must at least do that much.
