Biden says turning our backs on Syrian refugees will benefit IS

President Barack Obama has said the US will remain a welcoming place for refugees from around the world.

“Defeating terrorism should not mean slamming the door in the faces of those fleeing the terrorists”, says Jerrold Lewis Nadler, US Representative for New York’s 10th congressional district.

“Our nation and our state have a shared history of providing safe haven for those displaced by conflict, but the news surrounding the Paris terror attacks reminds us of the all-too-real security threats facing America”, the Republican governor said in a statement. “The Department of Homeland Security … the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Counterterrorism Center, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State, they all have to sign off”.

The legislation adds a seemingly insurmountable bar to current rules, which have admitted fewer than 2,000 Syrian refugees, 76 percent of whom are women and children, according to Rep. Lois Capps’s office. Authorities believe that at least one of the Paris terrorists entered Europe as a Syrian refugee.

Under the proposal no refugees from Syria or Iraq could enter the United States until several top-level US security officials verified they did not pose a threat.

“Common sense tells you that we need to take a step back and press the pause button”, Rouzer said after an event in Wilmington Friday. Tim Ryan, D-Niles and Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, supported the bill.

He called Islamic State a “gang of thugs peddling a warped ideology” and said shutting out refugees would “play right into the terrorists’ hands” by increasing tensions between Muslims and the West.

“And to address the specific terrorism concerns we’re talking about now, we’ve instituted another layer of checks just for Syrian refugees”. Senator Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada, has vowed that Senate Democrats will stop the bill from reaching the president’s desk.

In the words of Leon Rodriguez, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who also testified at Thursday’s hearing, of all the tens of millions of people who are trying to get into the States every year, “Refugees get the most scrutiny and Syrian refugees get the most scrutiny of all”.

The United States already has a fairly rigorous review system that requires 18 months to two years. “Until we can figure this out, governors of each state should not be pushed by the Obama administration to accept these refugees”.

-An interview with the United Nations high commissioner for refugees to determine if the applicant meets the definition of refugee and to see if any “red flags” would render the applicant ineligible.

The administration also pointed to a transcript of remarks Baker made on Tuesday, when he said the state’s active participation in previous refugee resettlement programs was “part of who we are and what we’re about”.