“We don’t want to be complicit with a program that could bring potential terrorists into the United States”, insisted House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas). We must immediately recognize that our enemy is not ‘violent extremism.’ It is the radical Islamism that has declared jihad against the west. It will not be appeased by outreach or declarations of tolerance. The new centers are created to “increase the channels” the United States has for reaching Syrian refugees, the official said.
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Top Republican lawmakers had always been concerned about the ability of Islamic extremists to slip in among the refugees’ ranks, and they appear primed to fight back in light of the Paris killings.
“We have welcomed refugees, the exhausted huddled masses for centuries”. The State Department says they’ll be spread across the country. The process could be done safely, he said, by selecting only those claimants who are obviously low risk, like women and children, relatives of Syrians already in Canada and people who fled the country during the early period of the war, when Bashar Assad’s government was cracking down on democratic activists.
He said they will continue with “the painstaking and persistent effort” to ensure the security of Greece and Europe, insisting on complete identification of those arriving.
“I think overwhelmingly, the vast and overwhelming majority of people that are seeking refuge are not terrorists, of course”.
The US should also boost surveillance of Muslim communities, King said. “Did you ever see a migration like that?” She says she’s scared Canada will become anti-immigration because of the attacks. “We are at war”.
In the wake of another round of appalling terrorist attacks, I write to express great sadness at the events in Paris, as well as my grave concern about the unreported diffusion of Syrian refugees in the United States.
Those who have been granted access to the USA have been placed in 130 towns and cities, according to a report in The NY Times.
The USA will work with France to ramp up airstrikes against IS in Syria and Iraq, Mr. Rhodes said. The refugees I have met across the region, fleeing as they are terror and violence, are innocent civilians. “Unless that changes strategically, we can expect more attacks like this”.
“It’s not that we don’t want to”, Rubio said in an interview with ABC. Since the battle between the Syrian government and rebel forces began, more than 4 million refugees have made their way to Europe.
Both candidates for Louisiana governor, Democrat John Bel Edwards and Republican U.S. Sen.
“The problem is not the background checks”. By Sunday night, Marco Rubio turned that line into a campaign slogan against her. “But I think we do need to do our part to take those refugees who are in need”, Rhodes said. That is a switch from Rubios other statements this fall, in which he voiced skepticism about proper vetting but still left the door open to admitting refugees.
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Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press”, he responded “no” when asked whether the president has “any pause” about the plan. “I hope we will turn deaf ears to hatred”. That would be a moral and practical example to the world, a protection to a few of the most vulnerable people in the Middle East, a show of support for the neighbors of Syria – including Jordan, a close USA ally – and a way of living up to America’s values.
