House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s message to Americans this Thanksgiving is that the nation’s “broken immigration system” is “cruel” to illegal immigrants.
Donald Trump, the 2016 GOP presidential frontrunner, says President Obama is “not going to stop” at just a handful of Syrian refugees.
The government stops tracking refugees in the U.S. after three months and Syrian refugees will receive no additional tracking, State Department official Anne Richard testified before a House panel Thursday.
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (D) stated that he agrees with House Speaker Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) on pausing the Iraqi and Syrian refugee programs and “there is no true and accurate way…of identifying exactly who we’re letting into the
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) says America cannot be the “world’s sugar daddy” and must defund the “insane” Syrian refugee resettlement program that will make America more vulnerable to terrorism.
“We found that it costs 12 times as much to resettle a refugee from Syria, from the Middle East, in the United States as it does to provide for them in their own region,” Krikorian testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
French President Francois Hollande confirmed yesterday that despite the Jihadi attacks on Paris last week his country will still receive 30,000 migrants over the next two years, “showing solidarity towards these refugees and towards Europe.” President Hollande was addressing a meeting of French mayors when he
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) says the House GOP refugee bill that will be voted on Thursday, “doesn’t really alter anything.”
Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) says that “we’ve got to stop” the Syrian refugee program, but adds that the bill being voted on in the House to halt the program is “not going anywhere.”
Paul Ryan said, in part, that the reason the program could not simply be canceled is because, “We’re a compassionate country. The refugees laws are important laws and we don’t want terrorists to dictate how we run—whether we have a law or not.”
The Islamic State has a cell operating in peaceful Switzerland and has sent fighters to Syria, according to reports. Challenging the conventional wisdom that Islamist extremism is prevalent in Western nations which have invaded middle eastern countries, the claim about the
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said that in a classified briefing with “senior intelligence and defense officials of the Obama administration” the officials stated “they have no idea of the backgrounds of these Syrian Muslim refugees. They
Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) stated that the White House told him the White House wouldn’t explain how the US’ refugee vetting program is better than France’s and they wouldn’t give him “any authority to make decisions for my state,” or
House Speaker Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) stated that while he doesn’t want terrorists to dictate whether the Syrian and Iraqi refugee programs exist, “the FBI cannot right now, certify these standards, so this does pause the program. And so, we
Judiciary chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte switched sides Nov. 18 in the dispute over Syrian refugees, and aligned himself with a bill that sets token curbs against additional migration, instead of a moratorium favored by a lopsided American majority.
The first major action Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will take as Speaker of the House is blocking amendments with a closed rule process on a flawed bill dealing with immigration.
National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, Dr. Colin Kahl said he would “have no problem” with Syrian refugees settling in his neighborhood, and “I think most Americans have no problem” with doing so on Wednesday’s “MSNBC Live.” Kahl
Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul stated that “refugees come here, and immediately are put on welfare” and advocated cutting off arms sales to Gulf nations “until they start accepting refugees” on Wednesday’s “Happening Now” on the Fox
An ABC TV station is reporting that the House Judiciary chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, wants a one-year moratorium on Syrian refugees — but the GOP leaders’ plan does not include any moratorium.
Sen. Jeff Sessions said Wednesday the refugee bill that the House of Representatives is considering, The American SAFE Act, doesn’t protect the interests of the American people.
Sen. Jeff Sessions is slamming the House Republican legislative response to President Obama’s refugee plan, charging that it “fails to defend the interests of the American people.”
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said that “there should be a pause” in accepting Syrian refugees and criticized the Obama administration for not sending “a clear signal of what the vetting process is, and, governors have
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s campaign is now airing radio advertisements in key primary states – Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
Republican presidential candidate and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee criticized President Obama for “attacking Republicans” while the French president is “going after ISIS,” argued the “same people” who “gave us the Obamacare website” “want us to just trust them that all
Newly elected House Speaker Paul Ryan is setting the stage this week to cave to President Barack Obama’s efforts to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees across America, even in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks.
