Posted on 05/24/2015 5:33:19 PM PDT by BradtotheBone
A group of Senate Democrats is urging the Obama administration to allow at least 65,000 Syrian refugees to settle inside the United States.
“While the United States is the largest donor of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees, we must also dramatically increase the number of Syrian refugees that we accept for resettlement,” the group of 14 lawmakers — led by Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) — said Thursday.
The group letter noted the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) wants to resettle 130,000 Syrian refugees over the next two years and has thus far submitted more than 12,000 resettlement cases to the United States for consideration.
However, only 700 have been let into the U.S. since the Syrian conflict began nearly five years ago, “an unacceptably low number,” the senators say.
“Following the international community’s tragic failure to shelter Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi genocide, the United States played a leadership role in establishing the international legal regime for the protection of refugees,” they wrote. “In keeping with this history, we urge your Administration to work to accept at least 50 percent of Syrian refugees whom UNHCR is seeking to resettle, consistent with our nation’s traditional practice under both Republican and Democratic presidents.”
On the same day, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) called the resettlement effort a “serious mistake” because of the security risks it poses.
The U.S. could resettle around 2,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year and potentially thousands more in fiscal 2016 under the State Department-led effort. The Department of Homeland Security would have the authority to approve the admissions.
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Obama is already doing this and the Dems want to make it official ?
...come on over here. Check this box. Thanks.
Agenda 21.
good. Another thing to use against them in the election. And are they kidding me comparing World War 2 Jews to Muslims. As I remember Jews were the victims.
Would these be muslims or Christians?
Sunni Muslims.
Treason because these aren’t all refugees. There will be terrorists embedded in this Trojan horse.
> Sunni Muslims.
The very type that are working alongside ISIS...
This is treatement. Compassion is the pretect to bring an invading army disguised among the refugees. Either they idiots and unfit to serve in office or are complicit in assisting an enemy invader.
This is treason. Compassion is the pretext to bring an invading army disguised among the refugees. Either they idiots and unfit to serve in office or are complicit in assisting an enemy invader.
‘zackly.
NAYYY
We MUST NOT !
If Durbin wants to let them in they must be communists or Islamic terrorists.
America needs to ship the Muslims out.
Not bring them in.
Fine Durbin, we’ll just resettle them in Chicago.
What can go wrong???
Right on Durbin’s property.
No.
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