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An Obama administration official struggled to quell concerns about the level of vetting Syrian refugees coming to the U.S. receive prior to entry at a Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest hearing Thursday.

Obama’s Deputies Invite 1,500 Foreigners With Known Terror Links Into U.S.

A coalition of left-leaning, civil rights groups are calling on President Obama to take on significantly more Syrian refugees than his administration has already committed to accept in the coming two years.

McALLEN, Texas – A federal court in this border city dropped all charges against a Syrian woman and her brother in law, a U.S. Citizen, who were arrested as they attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico.

Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said that the US’ refugee needs “more scrutiny” and wondered why Saudi Arabia and Iran aren’t being asked to take refugees on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Rand stated, [relevant remarks

Over the weekend, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the administration is planning to admit at least 185,000 refugees over the next two years, including 10,000 Syrians in the first year. In reaction, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security reiterated their call for more Syrian refugees. While Democrats push for more Syrian refugees, Republicans are highlighting the national security risks associated with admitting thousands of individuals from terrorist hot spots — particularly when ISIS has indicated it seeks to use the refugee flow as a means of infiltrating the West.

The Obama administration’s effort to resettle tens of thousands of people from Syria and elsewhere to the U.S. is a national security risk, presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argues.

Iran is already spending the enormous cash windfall Barack Obama is giving them on a heavy investment in terrorism, according to a report in the Times of Israel.

A Syrian woman seeking asylum has been accused of using a fake passport to enter the U.S. through the Texas border. Her American citizen brother-in-law has also been charged in connection with the failed smuggling attempt.

The Obama administration’s plan to resettle nearly 200,000 refugees in the U.S. over the next two years will have real fiscal and national security implications at a time when the U.S. has taken in more migrants than any other country, according to Sen. Jeff Sessions.

The Obama administration’s assurances concerning the admission of thousands of Syrian refugees — given the national security concerns — are not enough, two Republican leaders warn.

A former doctor from Syria has described how he now makes £60,000 a month trafficking people from Turkey to Europe. He has warned European Union (EU) member states that the refugees will continue to come even if all the borders are shut,

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says the U.S. should accept 65,000 more Syrian refugees, beyond the 10,000 the Obama administration has planned.

As the Obama administration moves forward with its plans to aggressively accelerate the admission of Syrian refugees, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) is looking to rein in those plans and provide Congress a voice in the matter. “This bill will rein in the Administration’s refugee resettlement plans and give Congress more control over the process by requiring the Administration to get affirmative approval from Congress through the enactment of a joint resolution before any refugees may be admitted into the United States,” McCaul said.

An ex-Sinn Fein councillor has attacked his town as “far right” amid local opposition to accepting thousands of Syrians, claiming the migrants would be better treated in Syria. Padraig McShane is a representative for Coleraine, County Antrim. He was unimpressed when

The Archbishop of Canterbury has compared Syria’s refugees to Jesus as his rationale for offering a four bedroomed cottage in the grounds of Lambeth Palace to “one or two” Syrian families. The offer came after the Pope said he would

An Iowa news outlet tried–and failed–to draft Sen. Ted Cruz into the media’s campaign against Dr. Ben Carson, following the doctor’s Sunday declaration of opposition to Islamic ideology.

At least 4,200 people have offered to open their homes to Syrian refugees, taking the pressure off social housing lists, only to be told ‘no thanks’ by the government due to health and safety law. Critics of the policy have

The United States resettles more migrants than any other country in the world and six times more migrants then all the Latin American nations combined, according to an analysis by Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest.

Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush stated that while allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the US is “a bad idea if there’s no screening,” “we should take every Christian Iraqi and every Christian Syrian” in a

The public’s weak support for accepting more refugees from the Middle East craters once the public learns about the massive numbers of would-be migrants, according to a new Ipsos poll.

The U.S. must learn the costs and national security risks of the refugee resettlement program before it admits any more refugees including Syrian refugees, Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) says. In an interview with Breitbart News, Babin expressed his adamant opposition to President Obama’s recent call to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. next year.

Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Governor John Kasich stated of admitting refugees from the Middle East and Africa “if our intelligence community tells us it’s not safe, then we shouldn’t do it” on the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” after Wednesday’s

The U.S. should accept at least 65,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2016, acceding to Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley. The former Maryland governor says President Obama’s move to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees next year is no more than “a token increase.”

Americans generally believe people fleeing war or political oppression in their home countries should be allowed to seek refuge in other countries, however few think the U.S. should accept more Syrian refugees, according to a new poll.

Representative Peter King (R-NY), a member of the Homeland Security Committee and Chairman Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee, said there is “no real way of vetting, to any extent, these refugees coming in” on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Intelligence

Germany’s recent, surprise announcement of renewed border controls seems a direct consequence of its ill-fated decision to throw open its gates to all Syrians, a policy that has been fraught with problems from the outset. Since Syrians enjoy a privileged

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson stated, “the key thing is you have to seal the border.” He also argued with regards to the Syrian refugees, “It doesn’t make any sense to me that we should have to do it,

Prominent Mexican officials are calling on their president to open the doors for 10,000 Syrian refugees, though thousands of Mexicans per year are fleeing their cartel-controlled nation and its violence and seeking asylum in the United States. The move comes on the heels of Mexico accepting 30 Syrian students. Other nations south of the porous U.S.-Mexico border have already opened their doors for people fleeing the Middle East.

Columnist Pat Buchanan argued, “you are going to have an immense flood of refugees from all over the world, or from Africa and the Middle East, unless you call a halt to it in Europe” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” Buchanan

Columnist and author of “Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective,” Thomas Sowell argued that allowing refugees from the Middle East and Africa into the US “fits in wonderfully” with President Obama’s desire to “to redistribute that [America’s] wealth and

New York Times columnist David Brooks argued the US has “a responsibility to take in more refugees” from Syria on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks was asked, “We just had a segment where we laid out, in painful detail, how difficult it is

HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher and author Salman Rushdie discussed the refugees fleeing the Middle East and Africa, arguing “the answer can’t really be that we empty out the Middle East of all the moderates” and “the solution to

The United States already admits massive numbers of global migrants and the Middle East should take the lead in resettling the current swell of refugees in that region, according to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest.

Ohio Governor and Republican presidential John Kasich said, “I wouldn’t say to these people, ‘You can’t come in,’” but “if we can’t figure out who they are, and we think they pose a danger to us” refugees from the Middle

Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul stated he “would be very, very careful” in handling refugees from Africa and the Middle East on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Rand said, “You know, I’m all for helping