When pressed by the moderator about whether the recent terrorist attacks affected his target of 65,000 refugees, O’Malley said: “I would want us to take our place among the nations of the world to alleviate this sort of death and the specter we saw of little kids’ bodies washing up on a beach”.
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“Let’s remember”, he added, “we’re also dealing with people who’ve suffered the horrors of war, women and children, orphans”.
Much of the controversy surrounding the Syrian refugees began after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris.
On Sunday, however, Rubio said there was no amount of vetting for Syrian refugees that would reduce the risk of ISIS infiltration.
The United States should stop any further Syrian refugees from entering the United States because it is impossible to know they aren’t terrorists, says NY Republican Rep. Pete King.
As local humanitarian agencies continue to serve refugees from Syria who find their way here, “there are multiple background checks that are done on these families and it is part of our Christian faith to welcome the stranger”, said Gutierrez.
Last month, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump referred to the Syrian refugees as a “Trojan horse”. “Who do you call and do a background check on them?”
“It’s not that we don’t want to; it’s that we can’t because there’s no way to background check someone that’s coming from Syria”, he said on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. The deadliest attack in Europe in a decade could end up reshaping the race to elect a U.S. president in 2016.
These syrian refugees are not running for their lifes, with their loved ones to blow up other countries. In September, he told Boston Herald radio: “We’ve always been a country that’s been willing to accept people who have been displaced”.
“Any proposed change in USA policy by this administration must involve a careful assessment of all the implications and ensure that there is no added security risk”, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker said Sunday.
“I think we would stand shoulder to shoulder with France in whatever decision they make”, he said.
Seven Syrian refugees have resettled in Kenner, six in New Orleans and one in Baton Rouge, a State Department spokesperson confirmed to WWL-TV Sunday.
Jindal sent a letter to President Obama Saturday demanding information on how many refugees would be resettled in Louisiana.
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More than half of Syria’s 22 million people are on the move, seeking refuge from mass killings by President Bashar Assad’s forces and the brutality of Islamic State extremists.
