No ‘religious test’ in House bill pausing Syrian refugees: Ryan

But the Syrian refugee crisis is dividing American politicians, given the choice between yielding to fears of importing terrorists or honoring the United States’ traditional welcoming role.

“President Obama continues to miss the mark when it comes to combating ISIS”, Perdue said. Hassan’s spokesman, William Hinkle, said in a statement, “The Governor believes that the federal government should halt acceptance of refugees from Syria until intelligence and defense officials can assure that the process for vetting all refugees, including those from Syria, is as strong as possible”.

Since the Syrian civil war began, 2,184 Syrian refugees have been admitted into the U.S. Only 53 have been Christian (2.4 percent) while 2,098 (96 percent) have been Muslim. “You can’t let only Christians into the U.S”. She pointed out that since the refugee program for Central American minors was established a year ago, the United States has yet to admit one child. We learned how Jim Elliot died with his gun in its holster because he would rather take a spear to his chest than allow violence to get in the way of preaching the Gospel.

The 10,000 refugees Obama wants to take in will not be a large burden on our nation. At the time, Secretary of State John Kerry addressed security concerns. “And we can not cut corners with respect to those security requirements”.

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“I do not trust this administration to effectively vet the people who are proposed to be coming in”, the New Jersey governor and presidential hopeful said in an interview Monday with radio host Hugh Hewitt.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Monday jumped into the fray over resettling Syrian refugees.

Democratic candidates were asked about refugees during their debate on CBSN on Saturday night. “In any case, we’re going to be cooperating with them militarily going forward”. How many support Obama’s determination to admit 100,000 Syrian refugees? That tension between the president, whose biggest worry is that Americans will overreact to the terrorism threat, and his opponents, who insist that his administration is minimizing or ignoring it, has been smoldering for years. And only a slight majority, 51 percent, of the refugees are Syrian. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said they would introduce a bill restricting visas for any individuals who had been in Iraq or Syria in the past five years.

Many Americans are anxious that allowing unvetted immigrants into our country opens the door for terrorist attacks within our borders. He allowed the situation in Syria to happen, he hasn’t set up a no-fly zone that could create a safe haven for these refugees to live safely in their own country, rather than having to scatter all across the world. To further shame the two Republicans, he invoked former president and Jeb Bush’s brother, George W. Bush, on the way he had dealt with the wave of Islamophobia that washed of the USA followed the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He called it “shameful” and told leaders “not to feed that dark impulse inside of us”.

A mayor from Passaic County is decrying Gov. Chris Christie’s comments about Syrian refugees. They’re being beheaded, they’re being executed by both sides. I would imagine if a moratorium, this idea of a moratorium is put on the floor of congress it would likely pass. Reporter: Yeah and you’re starting to see a few democrats including shuck Schumer very influential saying the idea of a pause is not a bad one.

“There is no meaningful risk of Christians committing acts of terror”.