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
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum argued President Obama’s ISIS policy, “sounds like President Obama is in cahoots with the strategy of ISIS to maintain their territorial integrity,” “provides the greatest recruitment tool for ISIS,” and is
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
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
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists and other terrorists are committed to infiltrating the Syrian refugee resettlement flow into Western countries such as the United States, according to the preliminary findings of a House panel review.
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
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) stressed Wednesday that there will be no “religious test” barring the acceptance of Syrian refugees into the U.S. based on faith.
Tennessee State Representative Glen Casada tells Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he wants Republican Governor Bill Haslam to call out the National Guard to prevent additional Syrian refugees from entering the state.
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina criticized President Obama for his comments about Republican opponents of his Syrian refugee program, stating, “I guess he and Hillary Clinton agree, the enemies are Republicans” on Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s
President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and other Democrats have taken to openly mocking anyone with the slightest doubt that every last one of these refugees will be subject to careful vetting by the same genius government that brought you HealthCareDotGov, the OPM hack, the V.A. disaster, and a seemingly endless string of Secret Service scandals, overseen by the President who thought al-Qaeda was dead and ISIS was its “junior varsity team.”
“NumbersUSA is extremely disappointed in the legislation that the House intends to put on the floor on Thursday to respond to the threat of Islamic State-inspired terrorists infiltrating the refugee flow to the United States,” the immigration reduction group said in a statement.
GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) challenged President Obama to a debate over his policy and plans to bring tens of thousands of Syrian refugees into the United States.
A letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) requesting that the year-end spending bill feature language to fully defund refugee resettlement to the U.S. has 57 co-signers, according to the letter’s author Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX).
The San Francisco Chronicle, in an attack on those fearful that an influx of Syrian refugees might include potential terrorists, has pointed out that Governor Jerry Brown, now an advocate for accepting the refugees, opposed the influx of Vietnamese refugees in 1975.
Terrorism is a tactic that has survived for thousands of years and seeks to cause fear, panic, and economic damage to a given population in order to exert control or influence political, social, or religious practices through unusual levels of brutality. As technology advances, so too do the tools available to terror organizations and those inspired by them.
Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) argued “Republicans are pretty good at fear” and refusing Syrian refugees “feeds into” ISIS’ message on Wednesday’s “MSNBC Live.” Gutierrez said, “watching the horrific scene of murder, and mayhem, and terrorism as it struck in Paris,
If the horrendous November 13 attacks in Paris provide any lessons for policy makers in the United States, those lessons revolve around the dangers of open borders and the laws which make it difficult – if not impossible – for
A U.S. representative from Texas introduced a bill on Tuesday in the nation’s capital to protect state governors who refuse President Barack Obama’s plans to resettle Syrian refugees in their respective states. At least thirty-one governors have made statements refusing these refugees because of security concerns.
Last March, seven Texas cities were named on an ISIS “kill list” as part of an online terroristic threat disseminated over social media that identified U.S. Armed Forces personnel and released the individual’s names, photos, and home addresses. Concerned “kill list” chatter kicked up among Texans over social media following the gruesome ISIS attack on Paris, leaving at least 129 dead. That list gives pause to all in this post-9/11, post-Madrid, and now, post-Paris world.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) says he will accept Syrian refugees because Americans have “an obligation” to do so.
A video excerpt from an October 21st House Homeland Security Committee hearing reveals exactly why Texas Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) is calling for “a screeching halt” to Syrian resettlement in the country. He and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) are sponsoring a bill which would give governors the ability to protect their states by refusing to accept Syrian refugees.
President Obama accused various Republican critics of his Syrian refugee policy of being “scared of widows and orphans,” and argued, “I cannot think of a more potent recruitment tool for ISIL, than some of the rhetoric that’s been coming out of
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush stated that he doesn’t want to ban Muslim refugees from Syria from coming into the US and the answer “is not to ban people from coming,” but that “if there’s any
While Florida’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary candidates, Rep. Alan Grayson and Rep. Patrick Murphy, seem to be garnering all of the media spotlight in what will eventually turn out to be a hotly contested general election, Republicans vying to replace outgoing Sen. Marco Rubio appear to be a forgotten bunch.
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump slammed President Obama, saying he “doesn’t have a clue” about the threat of terrorist attacks posed by Syrian refugees in America following the attack in Paris last Friday in which one of the terrorists was embedded as a refugee.
Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) signaled that he may side with Republicans in a push to “pause” Syrian refugees from being resettled in the United States.
Secretary of State John Kerry stated that “people shouldn’t be rushing to judgement” over the Syrian refugees in an interview set to air on Tuesday’s “NBC Nightly News.” Kerry said, “We have — since 9/11, we have allowed 785,000 refugees
MSNBC Military Analyst General Barry McCaffrey criticized the EU and US for not putting ” significant resources into Jordan and Turkey to stabilize the populations in place” and wondered, “Why would we haul them all over the world as refugees,
“It will be very difficult for me to vote for any funding bill that risks American lives by improving the chances of successful terrorist attacks on American cities,” Mo Brooks said in an interview with Breitbart News Tuesday. “And so if that’s the funding bill Barack Obama and the House and Senate leadership want me to support they’re going to need to look elsewhere for votes.”
There are several reasons the Jewish and Syrian crises have little in common, and why opposition is different in the two cases
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee argued “the number one goal of our government is not to protect the image of Islam, it’s to protect American citizens” and “let’s join with the Russians, who are sending airstrikes”
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie sent a letter to President Obama informing him that he would not accept any more Syrian refugees into the state.
Even though roughly two dozen state governors have declared their states won’t accept any Syrian refugees, legal scholars are saying it is only the federal government that can stop this program and that state governors can’t close their borders – putting pressure on Congress to take the initiative to block more refugees from entering the country.
On Monday, California Gov. Jerry Brown stated California would help accept Syrian refugees, and argued that they would be “fully vetted in a sophisticated and utterly reliable way.”
Tuesday on the House floor, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) said turning away refugees fleeing violence in Syria is “despicable and cowardly and precisely the kind of reaction ISIS wanted.” Gutierrez said, “Candidates for president of the United States. politicians and
Governor Greg Abbott’s promise to not help Syrian refugees settle in Texas is being called by some in the Houston Syrian community “un-American.” They are claiming the Governor has no constitutional right to block Syrian refugees.
Secretary of State John Kerry stated that the US knew that ISIS had the capability to carry out the Paris attacks in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, portions of which were broadcast on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell
First Read’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Carrie Dann are smart people, and at least they are not accusing anyone of racism, but their Tuesday morning attack on Obama’s critics is equal parts smug, factually-challenged, filled with false choices, and
Attorney General Loretta Lynch concedes there are “challenges” associated with vetting refugees from Syria.
