In response, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of IN filed a lawsuit against the governor on Monday on behalf of the Exodus Refugee Immigration, an organisation that receives state funds to assist IN the resettlement of approved and screened refugees. The U.S. has a safe secure resettlement process through which we should continue that life-saving tradition. Those opposed, those supporting and those that are neutral – certainly to communicate about how the vetting process works and a little bit more about why this program is so important for our country. The United States does not wait for refugees to arrive before screening; we do all of our extensive vetting prior to entry, thereby preventing any bad actors from gaining entry into the United States.
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Donald Trump indicated support for a database to track Syrian refugees that enter the country, and Ben Carson unhelpfully invoked rabid dogs in attempting to explain his opposition to opening our doors to desperate asylum seekers.
CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports they say that the governor didn’t have the authority to block refugees and that even if he did, it would run counter to everything the city stands for.
President Barack Obama, a member of the Democratic Party, plans to accept 10,000 refugees from Syria over the next year.
In order to board a U.S.-bound plane, travelers must clear the Customs and Border Protection’s Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), which helps determine whether an individual’s travel to the United States will pose a security risk. That is the principal reason experts say it would be a very inefficient way for extremist organizations to smuggle their operatives or sympathizers into Western countries.
World Vision has recommended Congress move quickly to fund critical humanitarian relief accounts including Migration and Refugee Assistance, International Disaster Assistance and Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance which would cost about $5 billion for 2016. Polling data suggests that “fear of Muslims and Islam is linked more to election cycles than terrorist acts, especially among Republicans”. The Senate has not announced whether it will take up the measure.
“On behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, I offer my deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the November 13 attacks in Paris, France and to the French people”, said Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, chairman of that committee, in a statement issued during the bishops’ annual meeting in Baltimore.
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But the Obama administration has expressed confidence in the country’s process with the President going as far as criticizing opponents of being scared of “widows and orphans”. “Governors don’t have the right to restrict people from coming into their state”. And so again, it’s heavy migrant flows, and frankly they’re mixed flows, some of them are refugees and some are migrants into Europe. President Obama reiterated, “I can not think of a more potent recruitment tool for [Daesh] than some of the [GOP] rhetoric”.
