Posted on 11/17/2015 1:08:11 PM PST by maggief
Senior administration officials on Tuesday defended a federal refugee resettlement program amid criticism by lawmakers and governors who want to block Syrian refugees from coming to their states in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris.
Three officials, speaking on background during a call with reporters, pointed to "intensive screening" that refugees undergo, including biometric, fingerprint and in-person screening and security checks across multiple federal intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies.
The officials said Syrian refugee applicants undergo "enhanced review," and those who work on such cases go through additional training.
"Iraqis and Syrians tend to be a very heavily documented population," said one official.
Officials said that the current acceptance rate is a little over 50 percent, not including cases that are still pending, but that they expect that rate to rise.
The refugees are about evenly split between men and women, with slightly more "but not a lot more men," an official said, adding that half of them are children.
"Only two percent are single males of combat age," the official added.
The officials also argued that the program has historically had bipartisan support.
"It's had a bipartisan support, and good funding levels from Congress," one official said. "A lot of questions we're getting are from members who are just learning about the program for the first time." "There's a lot of misinformation out there on the blogosphere," the official added.
The officials said they would be on Capitol Hill briefing members of Congress this week and participate in calls with governors, mayors and other state officials to educate them and answer questions about the program.
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Hussein’s screening id FOR Islamists. Pure and Simple.
Is this anything like “enhanced” interrogation??? If not, then keep them in Syria!
This flies in the face of administration
statements of only a week ago that there
are too many “refugees” to properly vet.
Why should we believe them? Protecting the country from Muslim terrorists isn’t even on Obama’s list of priorities.
White house says examining options to enhance screening for Syrian refugees
A senior Obama administration official reiterated to reporters today that the United States’ refugee program is a federally mandated, federally funded program and the refugees allowed into the country are protected under the U.S. Constitution.
www.house.gov
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DC offices are open until 6 pm EST.
Call your reps and tell them not one Syrian refugee is to be admitted to the USA.
You do not want another 9/11.
You do not want another Paris ...this time on our soil.
For the morons in DC who say we need to take our fair share of refugees, our fair share was 7,000 dead men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 50,000 wounded warriors.
That was our fair share.
The Arabs with all their oil money can take care of their brothers.
Not our problem.
Make the call. It is time the jerks in DC are reminded who the bosses of this country really are.
NOT...these clowns can’t even make ‘obamacare’ work... and THAT’S entirely their scam!
The screening methods will not work. Not at all. Even if they did, there is no reason to bring these invaders into this country. We don’t need them, and they have already caused much damage in Europe. They should be sent to Muslim countries.
From the Administration that brought you: “If you Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor”. What could go wrong?
My senators and representative are not capable of brain synapse. I suppose I could send them pictures drawn in crayon.
Enhance it further by swearing to kill yourself when you are proven wrong and these people murder Americans.
Where are the documents certifying their identities? No one should be admitted without several cross-checked documents including information about birth, residence, education and occupation. Does Syria have that data? If not, they should be ineligible to enter the US.
Are they defining as “children” those 19 and under? Or maybe it’s 26 - - the length of time they can stay on their parent’s health ins.
Thanks for being so wonderfully thorough in screening people that we don’t need and never asked for in the first place. Aren’t we just SO lucky to have YOU GUYS protecting us.
Here’s the question: Would you object to mostly families who have been in refugee camps near the conflict in Syria for multiple years to be resettled in the US after applying and going through a screening process?
Now here’s the better question: Why is the administration not mentioning where the refugees have been coming from up until this point? Is it because they just plan on grabbing those who ‘had been vetted by Germany, Hungary, Serbia’ and bringing them over en mass?
Put the darn program on hold, hire some English instructors to teach at the camps, and actually explain who is being resettled, and set actual real limits on where these refugees are coming from. Because I have zero need of the mass invasion of illegals that broke into Europe, but certainly compassion for those who have been following the program and been waiting in refugee camps for years.
2. Is it your intention to vote anything other than democrat, even after death?
3. Would you ever purposely say anything mean or derogatory about president obama?
No to all three? Welcome to Amerika comrade!!!
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