Allowing Syrian refugees to settle in Pa. unacceptable

His latest misstep – allowing Syrian refugees to settle in our state – is unacceptable. “The resettlement process is federally driven and federally funded”, Wolf said.

However, the Republican who replaced Sestak as a Delaware County congressman, Rep. Patrick Meehan, argued that the current vetting process can’t handle the volume of refugees expected. He believes we should continue helping those seeking asylum…

“Providing a home in Pennsylvania to these refugees in a time of such uncertainty jeopardizes our fundamental responsibility – public safety”.

Wolf also joined a Tuesday evening conference call between President Barack Obama and governors, but the Wolf administration declined to provide details.

One of the terrorists implicated in the Paris attack is suspected as posing as a refugee in order to get into France.

“(Many) are fleeing the same kind of butchers and madmen that carried out the deplorable terror attacks in Paris, Beirut and Egypt in recent weeks”, he said.

According to state Department of Human Services press secretary Kait Gillis, Pennsylvania accepted 112 Syrian refugees from October 2014 to September 2015. “We need a long-term solution to this problem, and that includes defeating ISIS”, Fitzpatrick said. The USA government thoroughly screens refugees before they are admitted to the US, using an intense, deliberate process.

Other vocal opponents to Wolf’s announcement that Pennsylvania would take in Syrian refugees are local Reps. Jesse Topper (R-Bedford/Fulton/Franklin) and Carl Walker Metzgar (R-Somerset/Bedford), who are calling for a halt to any additional refugee immigration until authorities can guarantee terrorists won’t slip in with legitimate refugees.

Republican Mike Fitzpatrick has sent a letter to the governor, asking him to suspend admission of Syrian refugees into Pennsylvania in the wake of the wake of Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris.

Toomey acknowledged that most refugees “are innocent people in dire situations”, but said the United States has “no fully reliable way” of screening those from “chaotic terrorist havens such as Syria”.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is drafting legislation to require in-person interviews at a US embassy and that all travellers from those so-called visa-waiver countries would be required to have passports with biometric information such as fingerprints. He said there are numerous agencies that are involved in the process “which is the most rigorous vetting in the world”.

“We can not turn our backs on Syrian refugees”, he said. His colleagues will also express their concern to federal officials in Washington, including the president, about the refugee issue.

“If they are making up new identifies, we have to have the ability with good technology to track that and track them in their travels”, she said.