Washington – The United States has approved 4,700 Syrian refugees who are awaiting resettlement to the country, while an additional 7,900 are awaiting security review, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Thursday.
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Johnson, speaking to a homeland security advisory panel at the Department of Homeland Security, was defending against critics who say the Obama administration is falling behind meeting its goal of bringing in 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country by the end of fiscal year 2016.
And how many of those are radicalized? And how many will plot to massacre Americans? And how many will have to be put under surveillance and how much will that cost and take away from health and education? Geniuses. If refugees make a contribution to society they are all welcome.
how many refugees has Iran or Saudi taken in?
Why do all the refugees want to go to Western countries yet remain Muslims?
Sad joke. Question on immigration forms: “Are you (or were you) involved in any terror activity?” Or something similar. Same for criminal and drug activity.
Just say no and you’re in.
In case you are not aware, not all of them are bad. When Canada took in the Syrians, they checked them out as well. When they had the fire in Alberta. the immigrants from Syrian were some of the first to help. They gave the Canadians the clothes that were given them as well as their own kids gave their kids toys that were given them. They opened their doors to them. They cannot all be that bad!! Granted, there is always a rotten apple in the barrel, I will agree, but there are a lot of good ones there also.
I wondering how we are going to support these people, for these people will be on welfare for their entire lives. Our debt is enormous as is, this will bring it up way above another trillion. If this present government is not going to destroy us with chaos it will break us financially. Before the president leaves he will change America into a 3rd world country as he promised and the congress is going along with it, but they forget they also will have to live in this country as a 3rd world country like us peons do.
keep voting for the liberal/socialist/progressive demoRATS and soon jewish blood will be in the streets of NY
We are a country of immigrants and compassion. These are mostly women and children who were vetted very meticulously. If everyone with student visas were vetted like this we would be in great shape. We should take more of these guys but get tougher on student visas
Probably similar, negative comments were made about our families who sought to come here 1938 – 1941.
Jeh Johnson’s title should be Homeland Terrorist Chief
Obama does not care about homeless in Ny and violence against blacks in Chicago.
Everything for muslims
Resetles homeless, stop violent gang wars in chicago