“The Department of Homeland Security … the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Counterterrorism Center, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State, they all have to sign off”.
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Of course, there are legal limitations to such proposals, but many elected officials, clearly unaware or unbothered by the legal constraints, have only increased their calls for extralegal action against Syrian refugees. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Republican Sen. The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that will suspend the Syrian and Iraqi refugee program, until national agencies can certify that there is no security risk.
The bill has yet to pass through the Senate, but the president acknowledged on numerous occasions that should it reach his desk, it the legislation will be vetoed.
Admitting refugees “allows us to truthfully say that we’re not hypocrites or bigoted against Muslims or people from other cultures”, Chertoff told the paper.
This past week we’ve seen the best and the worst of humanity. “We can assure Americans that they will be safe”. “Refugees wait 18-24 months while the screening process is completed”.
At least 160 Syrian refugees have been resettled in Texas in recent years.
“Let’s get our country secure, and then we can help others”, she said as evangelicals streamed into their seats. “We must not let ourselves be guided by irrational fear”.
In the letter, the White House underscored its commitment to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees, the overwhelming number being families, victims of torture and children. Roughly 11 million Syrians, nearly half the nation’s population, have fled their homes since the civil war broke out in 2011, and about 4 million have left their country.
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 some 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.
“The FBI and Homeland Security don’t have proper measures of screening to weed out ISIS members from Syrian refugees”, said Donovan.
In the White House’s weekly address, Biden said he wanted to “set the record straight” on how refugees can come to the USA, including background checks and fingerprinting. ISIL wants the United States to be afraid, and to send hundreds of thousands of young men and women to Syria and Iraq. All Ohio Republican congressmen – as well as Reps. The U.S.is backing moderate rebels seeking to topple dictator Bashar Assad. “We’re aware of some potential legislation coming”.
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McCaul and Hudson said the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act would create the most robust national security vetting process in history for any refugee population.
