ISIS will never prevail: US Vice President Joe Biden

The House passed a bill Thursday to halt the admission of Syrian refugees into the US until they undergo a more stringent vetting process – the strictest ever required for people fleeing a war-torn nation.

Of the Paris attackers who have been identified, five reportedly are French or Belgian nationals, and would have been eligible to travel to the USA without a visa or so much as an interview.

Then the Paris attacks happened, ISIS announced that it would target NY and Washington, and news reports raised the possibility that one of the Paris bombers may have entered Europe amid a group of refugees.

Forty-seven House Democrats – wary of the political consequences of voting against a bill that appears to improve the security of Americans – broke with the majority of their party and supported the measure, despite a visit from administration officials to the Capitol to try to sway party members the other way. Walter Jones of North Carolina and Steve King of Iowa – joined 135 Democrats in voting against the legislation.

More than 30 governors, nearly all Republican, have said they would not accept Syrian refugees into their states, although the authority to admit refugees lies with the federal government.

The stop was placed on the president’s schedule in Kuala Lumpur before the terror attacks in Paris, and the subsequent backlash against a plan to increase the number of Syrian refugees allowed into the United States. We win by prioritizing our security as we’ve been doing. They showed us once again the depths of the terrorist’s depravity. “Refugees wait 18-24 months while the screening process is completed”. They argued that the bill’s new requirements would effectively shut down the US refugee resettlement program for Syrians. “The idea that somehow they pose a more significant threat than all the tourists who pour into the United States every single day just doesn’t jive with reality”. “Not when we respond on the basis of fear”.

Gov. Greg Abbott called on the D and the Health and Human Services Commission to use their authority to keep Syrian refugees from coming into the state.

And they have reached out to the media, to remind the public of the plight of the Syrians, and to reassure that the US government carefully vets everyone accepted under the program.

Describing Islamic State as a gang of thugs wrapped in ideology, US Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday said the militant group will never prevail and the world stands united in its resolve to destroy the evil terror outfit.

Despite the constant vacillation back and forth between Republicans and Democrats, Congressman Dan Donovan (NY-11) told JP that ISIS is, in fact, growing. They point to FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to Congress last month noting flaws in the vetting that have allowed into the USA two Iraqi refugees whose fingerprints had been found on improvised explosive devices. The U.S.is backing moderate rebels seeking to topple dictator Bashar Assad.

McCaul and Hudson said the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act would create the most robust national security vetting process in history for any refugee population.

It would also require the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, secretary of homeland security and director of national intelligence to certify that each covered person applying for entry is not a threat to the U.S. It also requires the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general to independently assess the refugee approvals to prevent high-risk people from being admitted.

America is a compassionate country.

“With these measures in place, we believe that we are able to both protect the American people and maintain this nation’s long-standing position as the world’s beacon of hope and freedom”, Kerry and Johnson write.

“The problem is the European communities, which are generally all visa waiver communities”, Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said Wednesday after exiting a closed-door briefing with homeland security officials. Around 20 million business travelers and tourists entered the U.S.in 2014 under the program, lawmakers said.