Posted on 09/10/2015 3:08:35 PM PDT by lbryce
President Barack Obama has directed his administration to prepare to take in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, the White House said on Thursday.
It is the first specific commitment the United States has made toward increasing its acceptance of refugees from the war-torn country.
Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the United States has taken in 1,500 refugees, with 300 more expected to be cleared by October.
But refugee advocates and some members of Congress said taking in an additional 10,000 refugees does not go far enough toward addressing the humanitarian crisis triggered by the war, which has prompted a massive refugee influx into Europe.
In a letter distributed to House members and seen by Reuters, Democratic Representative David Cicilline asked Obama to accommodate 65,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2016. Religious groups have called for the United States to accept 100,000 Syrian refugees.
European countries have taken in waves of migrants fleeing violence. Germany allowed 20,000 in over the weekend and is preparing for 800,000 this year.
Melanie Nezer, vice president of HIAS, a global refugee advocacy group, said allowing 10,000 more refugees from Syria is not an adequate response to the crisis at hand.
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Where are all of those here on FR that voted with their principles by staying home or voting third party. Raise your hands and show yourselves, you f**king traitors!!
I don’t hear a peep from them now.
So did I but he still sucked.
If you compare the 2004 and 2012 numbers, the former GOP voters who sat out the election were the (mostly) non-college age, White, young voters who had no belief in either Obama or Romney. They are the GOP version of the Low Information Voters, and convincing them to vote for what they consider a rich, or CEO level candidate is not a job the GOP has proven capable of pulling off. They are also not likely to be the ones found on FR.
So, so, so SICK of Valerie.
You really think Mitt Romney would not have done the same thing? Shaking my head
So did I but he still sucked.
Same here. But he doesn’t suck like the evil America hating total disaster we have now.
Hear! Hear!
“You really think Mitt Romney would not have done the same thing? Shaking my head”
You’re kidding, right?
Mormons are very pro-immigration.
Wonder how many Americans will die from internal terrorist attacks from the hands of these 10,000. It has gotten that I can’t watch the news.
We’re bringing in 10,000 Tsarnaevs.
“Mormons are very pro-immigration”.
So what? I don’t see what you’re getting at.
Relocate them to DC/Baltimore, NYC, LA and Chicago and let the black panthers, la raza and the liberals welcome them.
Makes too much sense: “The top 10,000 donors to the DNC should each house a refugee.”
You are kidding, I hope.
Im more amazed that some people still have faith in Republican politicians.
So this is how Odumbo is going to defeat the ISIS Terrorists in Syria. Move them to Europe and bring a lot of the here for us poor working stiffs to support.
“Im more amazed that some people still have faith in Republican politicians”.
I agree.
You never answered my question about Romney being equal to Obama.
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