Rep. Zinke attempts to block Syrian refugees from U.S.

Combine those possible numbers with the significant number of homegrown terrorists in the West, many of whom have fought and/or trained with ISIS, and the potential for terrorist attacks like the one in Paris is practically unlimited.

But the push to reject Syrian refugees ignores a large piece of the diplomatic puzzle: Europe is bulging with refugees.

“Here’s the thing: to the average person, it seems perfectly reasonable to be suspicious of admitting Syrian refugees to the country”, Kevin wrote.

About 4.2 million Syrians have fled their country since civil war erupted in early 2011.

Canada resettled 3,089 Syrian refugees between 1 January 2014 and 3 November 2015. He spoke Sunday on “Meet the Press”.

Trump echoed his concerns for allowing more Syrian refugees into the country over security questions. “Well I don’t know if you can prove they are Christian, first of all I happen to be Christian, I’m protestant, and I would love to do that, but how are they proving that”. Anyone, refugee or not, coming into this country must be fully and completely vetted if we are indeed serious about the security of our country.

In fact, refugee admission is handled by Homeland Security’s department of Citizenship and Immigration Services. However, the relocation scheme is only one facet of how Europe is dealing with the wider refugee crisis.

This screening process has been enhanced over the last few years to ensure we are effectively utilizing the full scope of our intelligence community to review each applicant.

“No refugee related to the Syrian crisis [should be] admitted to the United States unless the USA government can guarantee, with 100 percent assurance, that they are not members, supporters, or sympathizers of ISIS”. “We believe that turning our backs on those escaping persecution, many of them religious minorities and victims of terrorism, runs counter to the proud and generous heritage of the United States – a country of immigrants – that has always helped those in need in the most trying times”.

Zinke said that the refugee program should be re-examined and there is insufficient information about the backgrounds of the individuals hoping to be accepted into the United States.

There are no Syrian refugees moving to Montana, said Mike Wessler, spokesman for Gov. Steve Bullock. States have to be notified when a refugee applies to locate there, Wessler said. Montana doesn’t attract many refugees.

Currently, there are four open refugee cases in Montana, according to the state Department of Public Health and Human Services, which handles the requests.

A culture war rages anew in the United States between the liberal and the scared. Not long afterward, Turkey announced that it had arrested eight men suspected of being ISIS terrorists, attempting to infiltrate Germany by posing as – wait for it – refugees. Earlier, an Iraqi family had applied to move to Montana, but that case is now closed. “American security must be our top priority”.

But how can we safely investigate so many Syrians?

Ten years ago, he and his wife and two children arrived in the United States in search of a “peaceful happy life” several years after the Taliban brutally took over their native Afghanistan. I have attended classified briefings on the attacks and how they impact the resettlement of refugees.