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| Security concerns limit Syrian refugees coming to U.S. |
| 2015-06-19 |
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] While the exodus from Syria has become the world's biggest refugee crisis, the United States is being criticized by relief organizations and some within President Barack ObamaThey get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them... 's Democratic Party for allowing only a limited flow into America. Since October fewer than 800 Syrian refugees have been admitted into the United States, only a fraction of nearly 4 million displaced from the war-ravaged Middle Eastern country, according to State Department data. An annual report by the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... High Commission for Refugees released on Thursday found that the Syrian refugee problem has for the first time become bigger than that in Afghanistan. A U.S. State Department official said the total admitted in the last eight months was dramatically higher than in earlier years since the Syria crisis began in 2011. In the whole of 2014 only 249 Syrian refugees were let in. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said protracted and thorough security checks were in place, which meant an average wait of between 18 months and two years. Senator Dianne Feinstein ...Dem Senator-for-Life from Caliphornica. She has been a politician since about the time she was weaned. Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and tried it a second time in 2012. Feinstein has chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. At age 80, Feinstein is the oldest currently serving United States Senator.... , the leading Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, joined 14 other senators who signed a letter to Obama in May calling for more to be allowed in. David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, said 99 percent of the Syrian refugee burden was being born by neighboring states like ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , Leb and Jordan, although they had been helped by U.S. and other funding. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Or declare yourself a Somalian. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2015-06-19 18:50 |
| #2 Hey, just pick up affiliation with MS13 and you're in. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-06-19 08:06 |
| #1 Its off to Mexico + Canada + Cuba? they go, on the scenic tour before they enter the US. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-06-19 00:52 |