Posted on 09/11/2015 3:27:03 PM PDT by robowombat
Senator Lindsey Graham: we need to bring in our “fair share” of Syrian Muslims
Posted by Ann Corcoran on September 11, 2015
If you are looking for answers about how South Carolina has become a target for refugee resettlement where the Governor (Nikki Haley) and even Rep. Trey Gowdy*** are obviously reluctant to stand up and question the choice of the state as fresh territory for third world resettlement (colonization!), look no further than the senior senator of the Palmetto State.
Do Haley and Gowdy jump when Lindsey says jump?
Editor’s note: There will be hundreds of articles in the coming days about the Syrian refugee numbers to be admitted to the US (Obama said 10,000 yesterday, but I suspect that is a trial balloon). We will post the ones that are the most informative we find. Like this one!
Lindsey+Graham+Patrick+Leahy+Senate+Judiciary+yYt1OjAjOPAl Pals! Leftist Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and SC Senator Lindsey Graham. Will they team up to free emergency funds to bring Syrian Muslims to your towns and cities? Graham was one of 4 Republicans promoting amnesty as part of the infamous ‘Gang of Eight’ Senators in 2013. His position on more immigration has been very clear. Somehow South Carolina had dodged a bullet over the years as surrounding states of North Carolina, Kentucky and Georgia have been flooded with refugees.
All that is changing (see our archive on the controversy in Spartanburg) and it sure looks like the driver behind that change is none other than SC senior Senator Lindsey Graham. See his asinine and ill-informed comment about the Statue of Liberty and how America has to take it’s “fair share” of Syrian, mostly Muslim, refugees. What the hell! We had nothing to do with the Syrian civil war, why should any be our “fair share.”
(Now, if Graham is talking about Syrian Christians, he better get the backbone to use the word — Christian!)
The US has long been the leading nation permanently resettling refugees from every continent on the globe—over 100,000 Iraqi Muslims from the Middle East in the last 8 years—-isn’t that enough for the Senator?
From The Fiscal Times in an article entitled, ‘Can the U.S. Handle 100,000 Syrian Refugees?’ (emphasis below is mine):
While much of Washington is occupied with the Iran nuclear deal, another debate is looming about whether the U.S. should open its doors to more refugees from the Syrian civil war.
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina raised the possibility on Tuesday that Congress might approve emergency funding to greatly increase the U.S. quota for Syrian refugees in the face of an historic migrant crisis in Europe and the Middle East.
During an appearance before the National Press Club, Graham became the first GOP presidential candidate to urge the Obama administration to accept its “fair share” of Syrian refugees, amid international criticism that the U.S. is grossly shirking its responsibility to the international community. In a fit of melodrama, Graham said that “we should take the Statue of Liberty and tear it down” if the U.S. preserves its current, highly restrictive immigration policies with regards to victims of Syrian violence.
Graham is chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, which means he has some say over the budget for the State Department and other international agencies. He said he would be in favor of “emergency spending” to cover the cost of bringing substantially more Syrian immigrants to the U.S., which would add to the federal deficit. He said he would confer with Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the ranking Democrat on his subcommittee, to sound him out on a possible bipartisan proposal.
“I don’t just want to pick a number,” Graham said, according to Roll Call. “I don’t know how many we should take, I don’t know how much money we should spend, but I know we should take our fair share and we need to spend more to get ahead of this.”
The U.S. currently allows the immigration of no more than 1,500 Syrians a year [inaccurate information—ed] – a miniscule number in the face of the millions of refugees streaming out of Syria, headed for Germany and other European countries. The United States Committee for Refugee and Immigrants has urged the administration to accept 100,000 Syrians in the coming year. [Dumb reporters quoting, as some sort of authoritative voice, a non-profit resettlement contractor which is being paid by the head to resettle refugees!–ed]
*** Rep. Trey Gowdy is chairman of the House subcommittee responsible for refugees and we will be watching closely to see if he calls for hearings when Obama sends his “Determination Letter” to Congress for consultation sometime in the next week or two. Fiscal year 2016 begins on October 1, so by law Obama must send it! The big question is, what can Congress do about it? The key committees in the House and Senate could at minimum hold hearings. And, please don’t tell me that Gowdy has too much going on with Benghazi to spend a little time on this infinitely more important issue—how many Syrian Muslims will we drop off in your towns!
We brought in our fair share of Ebola patients, our fair share of anchor babies, and our fair share of Kenyan/Indonesian/Hawaiian communists. Clearly we have done more than our fair share of doing our fair share.
You can just hear the rustling in his drawers.
Linda, If you want them so bad, pass a LAW Mandating ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS Adopt one and PAY ALL THEIR EXPENSES!
Check that MOFO’s bank accounts!
IMO, approx. the same time that the 16th Amendment came into being (vs. 4th/5/9/10/13. How’s THAT again?!), or gold and silver no longer legal tender (and illegally confiscated), or ‘gun control’ enacted vs. ‘shall not be infringed’, or social security or welfare (see income tax) or...
The horse had not only left the barn...it died a LONG time ago. We crossed the 50% mark having lost to the media and indoctrination centers (aka schools) along the way. Hell, just bring up killing S.S. HERE and listen to the gnashing of teeth and wailing! If that don’t tell ya anything....
So, what’s another 2nd/3rd class citizen group, fully endorsed by our OWN govt, enabled by our OWN govt against We the People?? Have we not seen the same over the past ~40 yrs. with the invasion from the South (excuse me, illegal aliens)?
Yeah, ‘16 is when we REALLY need to worry. Maybe hold their feet to the fire THIS time ‘round.
Give ‘em all 3 branches and they STILL wouldn’t know to read “Congress shall make no law...” or “...shall not be infringed.” w/out spouting off about some ‘hidden in-between the lines’ authority to do exactly the OPPOSITE.
I think our Founders would weep to see how long we’ve kept our powder dry in the face of such usurpation and tyranny.
It’s starting to look less and less attractive.
It's obvious our betters in the District of Corruption don't see it that way.
I say we house at least 5-10 of them in Lindseed’s house. LOL!
FULG
The moment I read “fair share” I stop reading because I know what comes next. The only reason I clicked on this thread is to post this reply.
“but I know we should take our fair share and we need to spend more to get ahead of this.”
Way to go, Lynda! Why don’t you just go on and adopt ALL of the liberal democrat lexicon. “Fair share”, my arse. We are under no obligation to allow any of these people into our country. This sounds like a good way to admit a whole bunch of OBL wanna be types.
What is a “fair share” of stupid?
WATCH: Syrian Girl explains the MIGRANT CRISIS like nobody else
Ought to build a structure on the capitol grounds in Columbia for them so the popular governor can watch over to make sure everything is done right
Increasingly it is obvious to all but the SC voter that the purpose of Loveable Lindsey to make Sour Strom look much better in retrospect.
Did United Way invent “fair share”, or was it used earlier by another group?
Yes, and I am ashamed that it took me so long to figure this out.
Right after the Saudis take the first 3 million or so then we can discuss it. Also right after they build some churches to welcome the Christians fleeing persecution too. After all they have a homogeneous population and they need some diversity to add to their multicultural mosaic of their nation. That’s the standard that we keep hearing about on immigration policy. It stands to reason then that it will be a good enough standard to apply to third world nations since they and leftist allies are always lecturing us about us about our need to import more diversity. Lead by example I always say.
I’d say that our fair share would be one percent of what saudi arabia has taken in. Let’s see ... one percent of nothing is .... nothing.
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