Jindal questions White House about Syrian immigrants

We have very expansive screening procedures for all Syrian refugees who have come to the United States.

Denton says they have been routinely filing the related documentation on dependents with CPOW and if they’re from elsewhere, Hospitality House is “now getting messages saying, ‘Unless this is an urgent matter, we will have to defer this for the moment'”.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation director was also asked by Rep. Gohmert during his testimony last month about the database the USA government maintained to screen Iraqi refugees, including an IED fingerprint database in addition to other intelligence obtained by US forces and the Iraqi government – considerably more extensive than anything the National Counterterrorism Center has for Syria.

Homeland Security agents review personal and background information and conduct in-depth, in-person interviews outside of the United States to ensure they meet necessary criteria.

“President Obama and Hillary Clinton’s idea that we should bring tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees to America, it is nothing less than lunacy”, Cruz said speaking from an event in Greenville.

“As Americans, we embolden freedom and opportunity to the rest of the world, but by opening up our borders and refusing to collaborate or share information with states, you are threatening that reality”, Jindal wrote.

Trump opened his Saturday rally at an arena in Beaumont with a moment of silence in remembrance of those killed – and then immediately questioned why the United States would allow refugees to settle here given that one of the terrorists in Paris was found with a Syrian passport. It was not clear whether the document was real or forged. Officials on Sunday were still trying to identify people involved in the conspiracy. “Many of them, we had no idea who they were”, he said. On Sunday, as different Republican candidates rushed to condemn the Obama administration over its analysis on Syria & Islamic State & its willingness to extend such admissions – & as the GOP governor of MI stated his state wouldn’t in any case welcome any Syrian refugees – he switched course.

“Let’s remember”, he added, “we’re also dealing with people who’ve suffered the horrors of war, women and children, orphans”.

“What he said about the vetting of the refugees is untrue”. Instead, he spoke of giving Syrians unspecified help to stay in their country.

The Obama administration has not issued statements about the program since the attacks in Paris.

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who has often stood alone in the Republican field in opposing increased foreign intervention, tweeted his condolences and said the USA must “must stand united with France”.

Earlier this month, the administration announced plans to accelerate the process for Syrian refugees hoping to enter the United States with new screening outposts in Iraq and Lebanon.

Mr. Rubio on Sunday said that was impossible. “But I think we do need to do our part to take those refugees who are in need”, Rhodes said. That is a switch from Rubios other statements this fall, in which he voiced skepticism about proper vetting but still left the door open to admitting refugees. These are people who don’t even have food, where are they going to find grenades from? Clapper said it was a “huge concern of ours” although he also said US authorities have a “pretty aggressive” screening system in place for those seeking to enter the U.S. “They’re being beheaded, they’re being executed by both sides”.

“We should focus our efforts as it relates to refugees on the Christians that are being slaughtered”, he told CNN’s State of the Union.