Iraqi Christians face deportation in USA while Obama offers asylum to

Syrian refugee boys play at a refugee camp in the town of Hosh Hareem, in the Bekaa valley, east Lebanon in October.

The president has also said a failure to admit refugees into the USA would serve to alienate more Muslims and act as a “potent recruitment tool” for ISIS. Meanwhile, the Arkansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union criticized Hutchinson’s position Tuesday as “un-American”, and an Arkansas congressman introduced a bill to place a moratorium on accepting refugees from Syria or Iraq. “I think the role of the church is to do God’s will and that’s what I think we’re doing”. Obama specifically talked about a 16-year-old refugee from Myanmar who was a victim of human trafficking.

On Thursday, the GOP-controlled House, with the support of 47 Democrats, passed a resolution calling for a halt to the president’s program.

The bill has yet to pass through the Senate, but the president acknowledged on numerous occasions that should it reach his desk, it the legislation will be vetoed.

The American backlash against refugees is based largely on the fear that a Paris-style attack could be replicated in America if the US began to shoulder its burden of the refugee crisis.

“Until a thorough and thoughtful review is conducted by the intelligence community and the safety of Iowans can be assured, the federal government should not resettle any Syrian refugees in Iowa”.

According to the U.S. State Department, the vast majority of those admitted are children, women and the sick and the elderly, while only 2% admitted to the States are “military age males” between 18 and 30 The mathematical odds of an ISIS terrorist getting into the States through the Syrian refugee program are therefore miniscule. The heinous terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut, in Iraq and Nigeria. People are afraid of Muslims. “That’s how they win”, he said.

States such as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas are now refusing to accept Syrian refugees for resettlement.

He stressed, “People understand the plight of those fleeing the Middle East. We are a compassionate nation”. “We have to be absolutely pro-refugee and attend to the needs of these poor families”.

Pressure should also be brought to bear on European states to do a much better job of information sharing about who precisely their foreign fighters are, not only with the United States, but also with each other, as terrorists are taking advantage of the Schengen agreement that allows citizens of European Union states to cross Europe’s borders without being checked by border officials.

Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics”, host John King said President Barack Obama is “lonely and isolated” on Syrian refugee issue.

Other faith leaders see it as their responsibility to help refugees. “We look forward to continuing to work with you to ensure our nation lives up to its humanitarian heritage while keeping the American people safe”.

We live in unsafe times.

The World-Herald obtained a copy of that letter, in which the two secretaries noted that additional precautions have been added for the screenings of Syrian refugees and that they continually evaluate whether precautions should be further enhanced.