US not ruling out accepting more Syria refugees

Syrians have ended up around Detroit and southeastern Michigan, for example, where a flourishing Arab-American community has swelled by nearly 20,000 Iraqi refugees arriving over the past decade. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. It was decided by the White House to take in 5,000 refugees at first.

Development and Peace has already sent $50,000 to assist Caritas agencies working with refugees in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.

Klobuchar, who has been writing letters to the White House since May on the issue, compared the Syrian crisis to the Hmong refugees seeking asylum in the 1970s and 1980s – a large portion of them landed in Minnesota after the U.S. granted permission for more than 50,000 to come to the country. While other countries, such as Japan, China and Germany, face future labor shortages due to an aging workforce and declining birth rates, the U.S. economy has remained above water by maintaining steady immigration rates.

And she said there are 15,000 doctors who fled Syria whose talents “could be used in underserved communities in the U.S”. Because the United States is considering accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees into this country. The United States should help carry the load by accepting Syrian refugees.

“I’d say it’s extremely offensive for Canada to be trying to put itself out as being the most generous in the context where many countries, in particular countries around Syria, are hosting millions of refugees”, she said.

The officials said a U.S.-backed nuclear deal with Iran, reached in July after protracted negotiations, has created more goodwill to end a war that has killed 250,000 people and emboldened the Islamic State and other extremist groups.

Across the river, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds said Iowa is ready to help with the refugee crisis, as well. Trump’s unexpected durability has led some of his rivals to shift their strategy for Wednesday’s second showdown.

“It’s such a question mark all of the time”, Savini said.

Richard Hogan, associate director of Diocesan Development and Support for MRS, said refugees from the Middle East generally have the longest wait to be admitted to the United States, up to a couple of years. “We do anticipate there will be an announcement to that affect sometime soon”, he said. “That’s part of what our leadership should be about”.

In his Senate speech, Durbin also mentioned a trip to the Chicago area in which he met with Syrian families who resettled there.

Paulsen said he is not troubled by the possibility of bringing more Syrians to the country.

“This 10,000 is a number we could do in our sleep”, said Paul O’Brien, vice president for policy and campaigns for Oxfam America, in a media call. When the doors were finally forced open, authorities found the bodies inside of 71 people who had suffocated, including that of an 18-month-old girl.

“We’re calling on the president and Congress to do more”, said Carolyn Miles, president of Save the Children. “I want to know what the requirements are”, Emmer said. “Too modest, as far as I am concerned”.

“The mass exodus of refugees is the result of a Syria that is a completely failed state and the Obama administration continues to contribute to the turmoil in the region by leading from behind”, he said.

The peace activist blasted US Republican Senator John McCain for criticizing the Obama administration’s foreign policy that allowed Russia to bolster its military presence in Syria.