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April 17, 2016
State Department wants to speed up process of bringing Syrian refugees to US
The state deparment isn't satisfied with the pace of bringing Syrian refugees to the US and wants to dramatically increase the number in the next few months.
So far, about 1300 Syrians have been resettled. But state wants to increase the number of refugees to 1500 a month.
The Hill:
“It's clear that ISIS wants to, has planned on attempting to infiltrate refugee populations. This is a problem. If one person gets through who is planning a terrorist attack in our country, that's a problem,” House Speaker Paul Ryan, who recently returned from a trip to the region, said Thursday.
“The administration — whether it's Homeland Security or the FBI, cannot tell us that they can adequately screen people. There isn't really a Syria to talk to on that end of the equation to vet people, so it is a problem,” Ryan told reporters.
The State Department says it has fallen behind schedule in meting Obama’s goal partly due to a...(Read Full Post)