“We need to gather (Syrian refugees) up and politely take them back to the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) center and say, “They’re not coming to Tennessee, they’re yours” ” Casada said.
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Ryan, a US Representative for Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district, assembled a task force on Tuesday to work on legislation dealing with Syrian refugees that the House could vote on as soon as Thursday.
The White House sought Tuesday to reassure USA governors concerned about accepting Syrian refugees following the attacks in Paris.
None of the suspects identified so far in the Paris attacks has been identified as a Syrian refugee and the German interior minister says the Syrian migrant passport found at the scene is likely a fake.
Almukhalalate is a Syrian refugee now living in Houston with his parents, but his sister is in Jordan.
Obama and administration officials have lambasted Republicans, saying they are equating refugees with terrorists.
While remaining the world’s number one haven for refugees, the United States has only taken in a few 2,000 Syrian refugees during the past four-and-a-half years of civil war in that country.
Obama’s comments during a meeting with Philippine President Benigno Aquino marked his harshest condemnation yet of Republicans’ response to the Paris attacks blamed on IS that killed 129 people last week. “If we don’t know much about somebody, there won’t be anything in our data”, he said. Still, Obama said the idea of only allowing Christians in amounted to “political posturing” that runs contrary to American values.
Spokesman John Kirby said the US State Department respected the NGO’s decision to re-route the family, but made it clear that the federal government did not agree with state governments blocking refugee settlement. The House bill would add a requirement for the Homeland Security secretary, along with the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Director of National Intelligence, to certify that each refugee being admitted poses no security threat.
“We can be compassionate and we can also be safe”, Ryan said Wednesday. “This is a very precious thing, and in the current day and age it has been a rare thing, so I hope that that continues”, a senior administration official said.
The Senate, where Republicans hold a smaller majority than in the House, would also have to approve any legislation on the refugees before it could take effect.
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“All of us are God’s children…so I disagree with that assumption that only Christian children should be able to come to the United States”, Sen.
