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Kerry: US to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017
2015-09-21
[WASHINGTONPOST] Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
 announced Sunday that the United States would significantly increase the number of worldwide migrants it takes in over the next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former officials have urged.

The U.S. will accept 85,000 refugees from around the world next year, up from 70,000, and that total would rise to 100,000 in 2017, Kerry said at news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after they discussed the mass migration of Syrians fleeing their civil war.
In January 2017 President Obama will retire, and someone new will be sworn in. That someone will not be obligated to execute what was merely an executive order, not a law passed by both Houses of Congress.
Many, though not all, of the additional refugees would be Syrian, American officials have said. Others would come from strife-torn areas of Africa. The White House had previously announced it intended to take in 10,000 additional Syrian refugees over the next year.

Asked why the U.S. couldn't take more, Kerry cited post-Sept. 11 screening requirements and a lack of money made available by Congress.

"We're doing what we know we can manage immediately," he said, adding that the U.S. cannot take shortcuts on security checks.

U.S. politicians immediately expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
s about the potential influx.

The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 group and other terrorist organizations "have made it abundantly clear that they will use the refugee crisis to try to enter the United States. Now the B.O. regime wants to bring in an additional 10,000 Syrians without a concrete and foolproof plan to ensure that gunnies won't be able to enter the country," said U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Martha's Vineyard needs a little more diversity
Posted by: mossomo   2015-09-21 20:03  

#3  Wossamatter, the Meesicans ain't pullin' their load?
Posted by: Bobby   2015-09-21 12:55  

#2  I understand Hawaii has room near Obama's compound.
Posted by: Dale   2015-09-21 07:23  

#1  We've (approx) 4 million "Palestinians"---would you like some?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-09-21 04:32  

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