Amid rampant violence ensuing in Europe and the Middle East, the United States remains uncertain as to how it will handle the fight against ISIS and Syrian refugees.
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Biden’s statements are consistent with President Barack Obama’s insistence this week that the United States can not afford to abandon its value of religious non-discrimination in the face of sustained attacks by Republicans and a few Democrats who have advocated ending the administration’s resettlement program, only admitting Christian refugees or putting them in internment camps similar to those used for residents of Japanese descent during World War II. It was provided to the Globe on Monday. Before the terror attacks in Paris, the plan was to welcome 100-150 Syrian refugees to the Beehive State over the next year.
“The White House has been talking to Democrats who have been focused on policy and not on politics”. The Obama administration aims to accept 10,000 by the end of the fiscal year. Even as France reels from the attacks, President Francois Hollande reiterated his country’s commitment to accepting more Syrian refugees, the letter said.
“In short, the security vetting for this population – the most vulnerable of individuals – is extraordinarily thorough and comprehensive”, Secretary of State John Kerry and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson write in letters sent to all state and territorial governors and to the mayor of Washington, D.C. Several questions later, it was asked if a Syrian refugee is not in any of the databases, will they still be admitted.
Most migrants enter the USA refugee program through a referral from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
” Applicants are then referred to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which conducts more interviews and vetting that includes collecting biometric information such as fingerprints for each applicant ages 14 to 79. So, it’s not that we have a lack of process, it is there’s a lack of information”. We continue to support all reasonable efforts to protect ourselves from these threats. Finally, the State Department and the Department of Health and Human Services determine the appropriate city where a refugee will be resettled. “It’s a matter of making sure we don’t have terrorist coming into our country”, Herbert said.
A Branstad spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. “In addition to everything Syrians have gone through, I think something common among all of us is this deep and persistent feeling of loss of faith in humanity because of everything that has been going on”. House Republican leaders have called for a “pause” in the resettlement of refugees from Syria and Iraq.
Describing Islamic State as a gang of thugs wrapped in ideology, US Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday said the militant group will never prevail and the world stands united in its resolve to destroy the evil terror outfit.
Meanwhile, there are states who are saying that they are opposing the acceptance of Syrian refugees until such a time that security concerns will be further examined.
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Jindal said Syrian refugees began arriving in New Orleans earlier this month, and said it is “irresponsible and severely disconcerting to place individuals, who may have ties to ISIS, in a state without the state’s knowledge or involvement”. “That’s absolutely important”, Love said.
