Posted on 01/30/2018 9:05:26 AM PST by caww
The U.S. refugee program will enhance screening Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen announced Monday. The agency will also set a minimum security standard for countries in order to share counterterrorism data.
"We will be rolling out new security measures for applicants from high-risk countries, which will seek 'to prevent' the program from being exploited by terrorists, criminals and fraudsters....
The trio of federal groups also created a first-of-its-kind global baseline that all foreign countries must meet before sharing counterterrorism data.
"We have worked successfully with almost every country in the world to reach this baseline, which has improved both U.S. and international security. The handful of nations that have failed to comply are subject to tough but tailored travel restrictions and we continue to work with them to reach the baseline," Nielsen said, without specifying how many nations have not cooperated.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Thank you, DJT.
ping
DHS, Bush’s little domestic spying wet dream, should be disbanded. When it was formed, people warned that it would be abused by any democrat in power, and voila, Obama abused it. We already have enough spook agencies without the peculiar nazi-like title.
Excellent!
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Awesome!
Which translates to we are hardly going to let anymore in the country. Yea!
I agree..and it’s going to get a whole lot harder as changes are made and laws are enforced.....
Sounds good but nothing will change until they get the terrorist sympathizers out of DHS. We’ll have another San Bernardino unless there is a total house cleaning.
GOOD.
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