House Votes To Tighten Screening Procedures For Syrian Refugees Over President

Pence has praised legislation the House passed Thursday that would add additional steps to the screening process, including having the director of national intelligence and the heads of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security personally certify that each applicant from Iraq and Syria is not a security threat.

In the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris, Beirut and Mali in the past week, Mr. Obama said the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State “will not relent”. We will take back land that they are now in. “To ensure not only the eligibility and admissibility of the individual, but to ensure the safety and security of the American public, which is here in the Department of Homeland Security and across the government, our greatest focus”, he said. Kerry and Johnson described that as a “modest commitment” given that the figure represents less than 1 percent of the estimated 4 million Syrian refugees in the world, and that other countries are taking many more than the United States. “Let’s have a debate on Syrian refugees right now”.

Obama has spent much of his foreign swing through Turkey and Southeast Asia make entreaties against curbing the number of Syrian migrants accepted into the United States, which some lawmakers have suggested in the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks. “And to address the specific terrorism concerns we are talking about now, we’ve instituted another layer of checks just for Syrian refugees”, he said. The screening process includes biometric information, like fingerprints, for refugees between the ages of 14 and 79.

Jindal’s order directs “state agencies to utilize all lawful means to prevent the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the State of Louisiana, ” Reed said.

The House voted to tighten the screening procedures for Syrian refugees entering the nation for resettlement despite the objection of US President Barrack Obama.

“It is the most robust screening process for any category of individuals seeking admissions into the United States”, the letter said.

“We have tremendous faith in this system’s ability to detect, investigate and disrupt terrorist plotting in this country, as it has done repeatedly”, the letter says. First they are finger printed, then they undergo a thorough background check, then they are interviewed by the Department of Homeland Security.

The Indianapolis Star (http://indy.st/1PWrCjV) reports the lawsuit was filed Monday night by the American Civil Liberties Union of IN on behalf of Indianapolis-based nonprofit Exodus Refugee Immigration. This legislation would halt our refugee program until we are certain that no refugee from Iraq and Syria who is a threat will be allowed in the country. Deal and his fellow governors are justifiably concerned about the Obama administration’s pledge to accept about 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next 12 months and spread them across the country. The White House announced that it would veto the bill if Congress passes it. “If they won’t define the enemy then they don’t acknowledge the simple reality that they can’t vet whether the people they’re bringing in are terrorists and it is profoundly unsafe”. Many of these refugees have been stranded for years in neighboring countries where they can not work or support their families, have little access to education, and lack the level of humanitarian assistance they need.