Breitbart – by Kerry PicketThe Obama administration is considering resettling thousands of refugees who left Syria during the country’s ongoing civil war to multiple towns and cities across the United States, the L.A. Times reports.
A resettlement plan under discussion in Washington and other capitals is aimed at relieving pressure on Middle Eastern countries straining to support 1.6 million refugees, as well as assisting hard-hit Syrian families.
The State Department is “ready to consider the idea,” an official from the department said, if the administration receives a formal request from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, which is the usual procedure.
The United States usually accepts about half the refugees that the U.N. agency proposes for resettlement. California has historically taken the largest share, but Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia are also popular destinations.
U.N. refugee officials, along with diplomats and non-governmental relief groups, are scheduled to meet in Geneva this week to discuss potential resettlement plans. Germany has already agreed to take 5,000 refugees.
“It was probably inevitable that in this crisis, with these overwhelming numbers, governments would start moving in this direction,” Lavinia Limon, chief executive officer of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, a Virginia-based advocacy and service group, told the L.A. Times. Limon added, “But there will be resistance.”
Congress is unlikely to warm up to the idea of agreeing to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees into the U.S. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who are currently pushing immigration reform bills, particularly aimed at Latinos who are in the country illegally, will need to explain why they may favor or oppose resettling thousands of Syrian refugees.
It should be noted that Congress resisted accepting Iraqi refugees in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Between 1983 and 2009, the U.S. resettled a total of 76,205 Iraqis. Meanwhile, seventy percent of total refugees in the U.S. were on food stamps in 2009. Within that number, 95 percent of Iraqi refugees were food stamp recipients. Additionally, the report shows an unemployment rate of 46 percent in 2009 among Iraqi refugees. A total of 219 Syrian refugees were resettled in the U.S. between 1983 and 2009.
More importantly, President Obama’s administration supports Syrians who are attempting to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad, but the emergence of Islamic extremist groups with ties to al Qaeda among the Syrian opposition presents a serious security concern. TheL.A. Times alludes to the potential danger with such a resettlement:
Homeland security officials require careful vetting of refugees, with multiple interviews and background checks before they are allowed to enter the country. Under normal circumstances, the screening process can take a year or longer.
U.S. officials are likely to be extra careful with Syrian refugees. As Islamic militants take a more prominent role in the rebel forces, officials worry about fighters with Al Qaeda ties trying to enter the country. Two resettled Iraqis were convicted of trying to send arms to Al Qaeda from their home in Bowling Green, Ky.
New National Security Advisor Susan Rice and President Obama’s nominee for U.N. ambassador Samantha Power are both refugee advocates and will likely push for the resettlement.
Resettling? = Resettlement camps? = Concentration camps?
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Cathleen the concentration camps will only be for the patriots that still believe in the Constitution and not the ones they are importing to this country to further it’s demise! Why close the borders when you can just fly them in? And after all we are on such sound financial footing here now,how could anyone complain.This country is toast if the citizens don’t rise up and stop this insanity. Living under Communism is what our youth have to look forward to if we don’t!
We have enough of our own people who are in distress,
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STOP MEDDLING IN EVERYONE ELS’ AFFAIRS.
Vociferously and publicly rescind your support for the standing government whenever possible, they no longer represent the will of the people, and as long as they insist on the policies that undermine the security and stability of the nation DO NOT CONTRIBUTE ONE THIN DIME TO THEIR OPERATION.
The traitors in dc are all about hedging their bets with
as many foreigners as they can.
For the votes they expect to get…
For the 5th, 6th, 7th columns to use against Patriots…
And chaos in general.
When it hits the fan, “hunting season” will be open,
on many species.
If you’re like me, it can’t come soon enough !
I love the way the government asks our opinion if we want thousands
of muslim savages in our country.
Muslim savages?
Obviously you’ve bought the Zionist lie – hook, line and sinker, George.
You might want to consider taking the red pill before making an @ss of yourself on sites such as this.
So basically, he is saying that if we can’t defeat Assad in Syria, we’ll just bring the whole damn country to the U.S. so we can bomb the whole country without collateral damage and give the elite the “OLLY OLLY OXEN FREE!” call (courtesy of child-like, Congressman Tom Cottonball) to do whatever they want in the Syrian territory. At the same time, more illegal immigrants will come here (most of them mass murderers, rapists and thieves) and give them a free pass with healthcare and benefits, YET NOT ONE FRIGGIN POLITICIAN OR PERSON IN THIS DAMN COUNTRY THINKS THIS IS NOT TREASON, TRAITOROUS, LUDICROUS AND INSANE NOR ARE THEY ARRESTING ANYONE FOR IT!!!!???? WTF!!!!!
So now if we can’t defeat Russia or Iran, we can just invite all of the people to come to America (the world’s largest prison country), be tortured and enslaved all in the name of security, rather than getting bombed by America in their own country. If ANYONE sees the logic and justification in all of this, please tell me now!
So basically the elite are trying to make the U.S. the opposite of free country and make it a slave country for all to see in the worst possible way, even worse than North Korea and Little Kim’s wet dreams.
This is worse than Truman allowing thousands of Zionist Jews in our country because they were kicked out of every other country and being tortured by the Germans and Hitler because the Zionist Jews were trying to take over their country.
So now all of these countries are OUR responsibility in addition to mass enslavement galore?? UnFRIGGINBELIEVABLE!!!
Back the truck up Jack! What Syrian refugees? Those people don’t want to be relocated. This is nothing more than IN YOUR FACE SLAVERY! So, in reality, who are these refugees? And why does the American National get stung for approx. $24 million per day to import these soon to be productive slaves. Also, consider this, where are these slave/refugee’s really coming from?
ALL HAIL BLOODY BARRY!
Have you had enough yet? Are you pissed off enough to say, NO MORE!?
Were going to have to support these people as well.
What a better way for our Communistic Socialism Govt to minimize the Foreign threat to the USA’s shores, bring them here so they don’t have to worry about being arrested for fake passports or illegal entry….The genius of our fearless Leaders bring in more radical Muslims & step up the race to legalize the illegal Mexicans…..Hey, we could build them common camps & call it Mexiseria (THEY COULD BE HOUSED IN WA., DC WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL ELITE)—-Wow, that was so easy to solve, maybe I should write the Dept of Immigration & ask for an application!!!! Keep up the fight for Truth, Liberty & Freedom——EXPOSE THE CORRUPT WH ADMINISTRATION AT ALL LEVELS