“By claiming in the wake of the tragedy in Paris that this vetting process is suddenly insufficient for Florida, Gov. Scott is punishing refugees for the frightful attacks perpetrated by the kinds of terrorists they are trying to escape”.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 4,288,910 Syrians have left their country and registered with the UNHCR as refugees.
He told the nonprofit, which says it has resettled eight Syrian refugees in Texas, to respond by Monday.
Then came the news Monday that the White House would be offering a “new program” to assuage the governors concerns.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission warned the Dallas office of the International Rescue Committee in a letter last week that it would be in violation of its contract with the state if it did not comply with Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to stop accepting Syrian refugees.
The chief of staff said the state department would also update that information monthly on a password-protected website.
The monthly report would include the number of refugees resettled in the state and break the data down by nationality, age and gender. “That is ridiculous, especially when federal law makes perfectly clear that what the state is demanding is illegal”, said CNN.
Huckabee said that under the Constitution, Congress has the power of the purse and it must use that tool to “reject Obama’s unsafe refugee program”.
“The White House is snookering these governors”, she said. “We know the devastating consequences of letting fear control us”, said Sen.
The actions of the USA since President Eisenhower administration when we helped overthrow a democratically elected leader in Iran for a much disliked dictator, and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts are major reasons that have caused so much unrest and so many refugees in the Middle East.
The head of that agency has backed up Abbott’s rhetoric with a stern warning to state agencies with a different outlook on the refugee issue. The receive $1,950 in federal money for each refugee and get to keep about $750 of that.
Texas also provides health assistance to refugees through two federally-funded programs. Allowing more refugees into America will completely collapse our already-teetering economy because all refugees are eligible for lifetime government benefits and Social Security and Medicare access.
Corcoran said the governors need to press for their rights to information, even if it means going to court.
“It’s like the last door you’re knocking on, (and) if that door’s not open to you, that’s it, it’s the end”, refugee Lita Amin said.
A new poll shows that few Syrians want to leave their country for North America, where conservative US presidential candidates have been calling for restrictions on refugees from the war-torn nation. Forty-seven House Democrats broke with President Barack Obama and backed the legislation. I think he’d be very unwise to take that [funding refugee resettlement] stance.
It can take anywhere from 18 months to 17 years for a refugee to be approved to come to the U.S. Amin said that when people see refugees, they don’t see the innocent people like her who have nowhere to turn. “Immigration is a federal issue”.
A terrorist attempting to gain entry to the United States by posing as a refugee would face considerable hurdles. Over the holiday weekend, refugee assist groups within the state found themselves caught in a cross fire between state & federal officers regarding whether or not they may moreover assist new Syrian refugees.
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We can provide and offer them refugee halfway houses – these would be Secured Voluntary Vetting Integration Camps, where refugees would always be permitted to leave and return to their country if they so desired.
