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U.S. admits 4,000 Syrian refugees
The Washington Examiner ^ | June 15, 2016 | Gabriella Ciuffetelli

Posted on 06/15/2016 6:47:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The U.S. has admitted about 4,000 Syrian refugees, the State Department said Wednesday. That's a higher number than was believed, but still well short of the goal of 10,000 refugees by the end of September.

State Department spokesman John Kirby said the number of refugees admitted is "up around 4,000 now." The most recent number had been 2,500 refugees.

The plan to admit 10,000 refugees, which President Obama proposed in September, has been met with contempt from Republican lawmakers who claim accepting these refugees is a threat to national security.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was one of 31 governors to protest the admission of Syrian refugees last fall, and voiced Republicans' concerns that "opening our door to [the refugees] irresponsibly exposes our fellow Americans to unacceptable peril."

The State Department maintains that each refugee is thoroughly vetted before being granted entry into the U.S., even if it slows the process down.

According to the State Department, "the total processing time varies depending on an applicant's location and other circumstances, but the average time from the initial [U.N. Refugee Agency] referral to arrival as a refugee in the United States is about 18-24 months."

Kirby said the department "take[s] the goal that the president set very seriously" and will make good on the promise come the end of September.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: refugeeresettlement; refugees; syriarefugees
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To: Squantos

4000 Democrat voters.


21 posted on 06/15/2016 7:07:19 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm so open minded that you should only think like me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Figures range from 2% to 7% of the world’s moslems are radicals.
If true, it follows that Obama admitted from 80 to 280 would be wanna be, or actual terrorists.


22 posted on 06/15/2016 7:09:38 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: Squantos

Read the article in my second post. They caught a refugee woman with maps of the underground gas pipelines.


23 posted on 06/15/2016 7:10:17 PM PDT by tiki
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To: BipolarBob

Yep .... vote rat or eat rat...your choice noobs.....:o)


24 posted on 06/15/2016 7:10:29 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And on the dole for the rest of their lives.


25 posted on 06/15/2016 7:10:48 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: tiki

yeah I caught that earlier today....... gonna get ugly, ....so ugly a potential martial law could delay elections ?

here is link to amarillo story if ya want it....

https://www.yahoo.com/news/armed-worker-fatally-shot-taking-094004294.html?nhp=1


26 posted on 06/15/2016 7:13:22 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Sasparilla

There’s that and the fact that these muslims are so sensitive that all they need is to turn on the internet or hear a Trump speech and it’s automatic jihad. Obama said so.


27 posted on 06/15/2016 7:35:37 PM PDT by mom.mom
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To: headstamp 2
"..And on the dole for the rest of their lives.."

And this is the real kick in the teeth. Not only are they a risk, but we'll hafta keep'em up for their duration 'cause they're incapable of being productive or assimilated.

I do loathe the left. One of these days...

28 posted on 06/15/2016 7:40:09 PM PDT by CopperTop
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They will be voting democrat in the upcoming elections.


29 posted on 06/15/2016 7:41:05 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

WHY DONT WE HAVE RIGHTS TO VOTE ON THIS??? Which representatives represented the American people on this??


30 posted on 06/15/2016 7:41:30 PM PDT by Yaelle (Make America Safe Again)
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To: Squantos

Correct. And he intends the foreign nationals to vote in the upcoming election. Count on it.


31 posted on 06/15/2016 7:51:58 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789)
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To: Nuc 1.1

They do this against the security and protection of the greater good. When it came to the Axis powers the greater good of the free people enabled the world to rise up, however now the free world no longer recognizes the “greater Good” of anything.


32 posted on 06/15/2016 7:59:28 PM PDT by inchworm
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To: inchworm

The communists did this to us. We should have rid ourselves of them long ago.


33 posted on 06/15/2016 8:41:19 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And how many British and German applicants with Masters degrees did we deny during the same period?


34 posted on 06/15/2016 8:42:36 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: MtnClimber

Were these the *refugees* vetted by the Saudis?


35 posted on 06/15/2016 8:44:15 PM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: Squantos

Today’s news: Hoax internet story includes Luna County
Published on Wednesday June 15, 2016
(Deming) - Many local residents were interested in a recent story being run by the online blogger Judicial Watch, in which they stated that Local Luna County Sheriff’s deputies , “have apprehended an undocumented, Middle Eastern woman in possession of the region’s gas pipeline plans.”
In checking with the Luna County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday afternoon, we were told the story is 100% false. KOTS and KDEM News asked if there had been any traffic stops by officers where they came across a Middle Eastern Woman, or if they had come across any gas pipeline plans during any traffic stop. We were told definitely no, and that the Sheriff’s Department feels that the entire story seems to have been entirely made up.
In a official statement released to the media, Luna County Sheriff John Mooradian said Wednesday evening that the website claiming a sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop and detained a terrorism suspect is false. No such stop or arrest has been made in Luna County. Local residents are assured that the Luna County Sheriff’s Office remains vigilant for any threats to public safety, but the information posted online is false.
In the article dated June 15th, 2016... Judicial Watch used unnamed sources, throughout the story, but credited the Luna County Sheriff’s Department by name.
Judicial Watch, Inc., calls itself a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation, promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law.
Again, the Luna County Sheriff Department told us that there is absolutely no credibility to the online story.


36 posted on 06/16/2016 5:56:00 AM PDT by tiki
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To: tiki

Wow ..... we were just posting on a different thread.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3441085/posts?page=15#15

Trust but verify seems to be a dead horse in media these days.

Thanks for the update. Stay Safe !!


37 posted on 06/17/2016 5:24:34 AM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Obama is a racist bigot who hates Anglos and makes it a point to put everyone else in the USA and world at a higher priority.

Congress controls the purse strings so why don’t they pull the purse strings on any project they oppose? Is it because they are gutless wonders, and not a co-equal branch of government as Ryan says, and are afraid of being called non PC?


38 posted on 06/17/2016 12:49:51 PM PDT by apoliticalone (Political correctness should be defined as news media that exposes political corruption)
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