U.S. Considers Taking in Syrian Refugees

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    U.S. Considers Taking in Syrian Refugees

    By Paul Richter | Los Angeles Times | June 9, 2013, 6:26 p.m.
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    WASHINGTON – “Two years into a civil war that shows no signs of ending, the Obama administration is considering resettling refugees who have fled Syria, part of an international effort that could bring thousands of Syrians to American cities and towns.

    A resettlement plan under discussion in Washington and other capitals is aimed at relieving pressure on Middle Eastern countries straining to support 1.6 million refugees, as well as assisting hard-hit Syrian families.

    The State Department is "ready to consider the idea," an official from the department said, if the administration receives a formal request from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, which is the usual procedure.

    The United States usually accepts about half the refugees that the U.N. agency proposes for resettlement. California has historically taken the largest share, but Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia are also popular destinations.

    U.N. refugee officials, diplomats and nongovernmental relief groups plan to discuss possible resettlement schemes at a high-level meeting this week in Geneva. Germany already has committed to taking 5,000 people.

    "It was probably inevitable that in this crisis, with these overwhelming numbers, governments would start moving in this direction," said Lavinia Limon, chief executive officer of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a Virginia-based advocacy and service group. "But there will be resistance."

    The Obama administration supports rebels trying to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad, but is wary of deeper involvement in Syria.

    The issue is politically sensitive on several levels.

    Congress strongly resisted accepting Iraqi refugees, including interpreters who had worked with U.S. forces, after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Most lawmakers share White House caution about getting more engaged in Syria and may have little appetite for a major influx.

    But Susan Rice, President Obama's new national security advisor, and Samantha Power, Obama's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the U.N., both have been strong advocates for refugees. They may make the White House more receptive to at least a partial opening.

    Homeland security officials require careful vetting of refugees, with multiple interviews and background checks before they are allowed to enter the country. Under normal circumstances, the screening process can take a year or longer.

    U.S. officials are likely to be extra careful with Syrian refugees. As Islamic militants take a more prominent role in the rebel forces, officials worry about fighters with Al Qaeda ties trying to enter the country. Two resettled Iraqis were convicted of trying to send arms to Al Qaeda from their home in Bowling Green, Ky.

    Jordan and Lebanon each have taken in about 500,000 refugees and Turkey has more than 375,000, according to the U.N. refugee agency. It predicts that the total number of refugees will double to 3.2 million by the end of the year.

    But experts say 80% of the Syrian refugees are women and children, many with war-related injuries or psychological problems that could hamper finding work or going to school.

    Kirk Johnson, founder of the List Project, which has pushed for Iraqi resettlement, said it may be difficult to sell Syrian resettlement to Congress. He said it would require an advocacy effort and sympathetic lawmakers, "and I don't see either of those necessary ingredients."

    "Americans have a long tradition of welcoming refugees," said Daryl Grisgraber, a Washington-based Middle East specialist at Refugees International, which provides advocacy and services for refugees. "They'll respond here, too."

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    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...la-fg-syria-refugees-20130610,0,6484601.story
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    IMO: Congress has allowed an inundation with an estimated over 2 million illegal aliens, and now with their offspring since 2001 causing chaos in our schools, hospitals, workplaces, and prisons without doing one constructive thing to ease the plight of our own citizens who are unemployed. Now we have the possibility of many thousands more, if not millions, of Syrians who have left Syria in hopes of a new life.

    Can America stretch its assets enough to ensure the quality of life which has dismally gone south since the illegal aliens started arriving in 2001 and who still arrive daily, crossing our borders illegally and taking advantage of our tax paid social programs, schools, hospital care, and don’t mind low paying wages because they are supplemented by government subsidies.

    Now with the advent of a whole other invasion of foreign Syrians arriving soon, we had better get a minimum wage going, low rent housing, jobs for everyone: the Syrians, the illegal aliens, and our own citizens, who are at the very bottom of the list, to help getting jobs with livable wages.

    We need an immediate tax on the wealthy to create jobs for our own unemployed workers, before we entertain any thought of bringing in more illegal aliens to add to the chaos already apparent in overloaded schools, hospitals, workplace, and prisons.

    The incredible taxes on our middle class to pay for all this, as the wealthy certainly are not doing their share in responsible taxation, paying 14% of their earnings to the middle class 35% of our earnings.

    We are still wallowing in a republican induced recession and until we get our country back to prosperity, stopping the influx of illegal aliens, creating new jobs, straightening out Wall Street, reforming our tax laws, hiking the tax rate with no loopholes for wealthy earners, start repairing our highways, bridges and infrastructure; only then can we think of accepting any more foreigners into our already crowded country.
     
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    5,000 fleeing Syria every day...
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    UN: 5,000 Flee Syria Every Day; 28% of Population Driven From Homes
    September 3, 2013 -- According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today, there are now 2 million Syrians who have fled their country as refugees and another 4.25 million who have been displaced from their home, but remain within the country.
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    Syria crisis: UN says more than 2m have fled
    3 September 2013 ~ More than two million Syrians are now registered as refugees, after the total went up by a million in the last six months, the UN's refugee agency says. More Syrians are now displaced than any other nationality, says the UNHCR.
     
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    One o' Charlie Rose's buddies...
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    An Egyptian Billionaire Says He's Shopping for a Private Island for Refugees
    September 4, 2015 | Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris says he's in the market for a private Island. But it's not for himself — it's to create a space for refugees and migrants fleeing across the Mediterranean.
     
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    Detroit is available.
     
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    Whoa whoa hold up.

    First, welcome back Agent.

    I missed your constant supply of false assumptions and the comedy provided by your finely tuned skills in the area of managing to literally blame Republicans for everything under the sun.

    Second, your numbers are way off.

    There are actually somewhere between 45 and 50 million illegals currently in America.

    Third, a few bullet points.

    republican induced recession
    -Democrat induced.

    until we get our country back to prosperity
    -You said on a number of occasions that we've already recovered thanks to Messiabama so, what gives?

    stopping the influx of illegal aliens
    -You're damn right, a job for a Republican.

    creating new jobs
    -You're damn right, also a job for a Republican.

    straightening out Wall Street
    -We can look at this after we fix a long list of things.

    reforming our tax laws
    -You're damn right, 9-9-9.

    hiking the tax rate with no loopholes for wealthy earners
    -And then waving goodbye as they move themselves, their money, and their industries to another country, ie recent events in France.

    start repairing our [...] infrastructure
    -Will never happen. Why? One word: UNIONS. Construction is owned by unions. Thats why it takes $100 and 1 years time to do a $5 1 week job.

    only then can we think of accepting any more foreigners into our already crowded country.
    -Agreed, our borders need to be closed locked sealed and secured.
     
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    please don't...they won't assimilate, they hate western culture, they hate infidels, they will breed like rats and over populate everyone which gives them numbers to vote in their constiuency to change our laws that favor sharia....see how they are already destroying europe. Hell, even their mid east muslim brethren don't want them....please "just say NO"
     
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    Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states should be forced to take the Iraqi and Syrian refugees and to pay for their housing and assimilation from their massive wealth.
     
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    We've already had 11 million refugees migrate from Mexican drug war...
    :eekeyes:
    European Union predicts 3 million migrants could arrive by end of 2016
    November 5, 2015 - The European Union is predicting that 3 million migrants could arrive in the 28-nation bloc by the end of next year, with the refugee emergency already proving a stern test of EU border and reception capacities. More than 700,000 people have come to Europe seeking sanctuary or jobs so far this year.
     
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    Have to go with Jeb on this one - Syrian Christians are not likely to attack us...
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    Obama: It's ‘Shameful’ to 'Say We Should Just Admit the Christians But Not the Muslims'
    November 16, 2015 | President Barack Obama, speaking from the G20 Summit in Turkey on Monday, said it was “shameful” that some political leaders are suggesting the U.S. should only admit Christian and not Muslim Syrian refugees.
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    Jeb Bush: We Should Focus Our Efforts on Christian Syrian Refugees Who Are Being Slaughtered
    November 16, 2015 | GOP presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper” that the U.S. should “focus our efforts” on Christian Syrian refugees “that are being slaughtered.”
     
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    could be a future bomb carrier here after being controverted by the extremist
     
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    Somebody needs to tell Obama Islam is based on Mohammed - not Jesus...
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    Obama Says That All Faiths Share Same ‘Bedrock Values’ Taught by Jesus Christ
    December 4, 2015 | While lighting the National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, President Barack Obama said that the “lessons of Jesus Christ” are in not just the lessons of the Christian faith but are in fact “the bedrock values of all faiths.”
    See also (and not just on global warming):

    Gingrich: Obama Is 'Like Al Gore at His Most Irrational'
    December 2, 2015 - President Obama is "delusional" and "like Al Gore at his most irrational" when he talks about the apocalyptic effects of climate change, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Tuesday.
    Related (good question):

    How Will We Know If Refugees Raised in Sharia Law Want To 'Assimilate into American Values?'[/b]
    December 4, 2015 | How Will Muslim Refugees Assimilate When Sharia Law ‘Is the Antithesis of Our Constitutional Republic'?
     
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    Senate Blocks Bill Restricting Refugees...
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    US Senate Blocks Bill Restricting Syrian, Iraqi Refugees
    January 20, 2016 — Legislation restricting America’s acceptance of refugees from Syria and Iraq failed in the Senate Wednesday after passionate debate about U.S. security needs and the nation’s long history as a destination for the oppressed.
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    Syrian Refugees Admitted Since Paris Attack:1 Christian, 482 Muslims; 0.2% Christian
    January 18, 2016 – The United States has approved the settlement of 483 Syrian refugees since the Paris terror attacks last November heightened concerns about potential security risks in the refugee admission program – and only one of them (0.2 percent) is a Christian.
     
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    ‘Deception Detection Technology’ Not Used to Screen Refugees...
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    DHS Officials Admit They Have Not Used ‘Deception Detection Technology’ to Screen Refugees
    September 14, 2016 – At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday titled “Shutting Down Terrorist Pathways into America,” officials at the Department of Homeland Security admitted they have not explored the use of (invested in) “deception detection technology” for screening refugees and other visa applicants despite a law signed last year directing the agency to do so.
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    White House Goal: 40,000 Additional Refugees from Near East, South Asia
    September 15, 2016 – The U.S. State Department has set a goal of admitting 110,000 refugees to the United States in Fiscal 2017, a 29.4 percent increase from the FY 2016 target of 85,000, “but at this point, no country-specific targets have been set,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Wednesday.
     

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