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Dozens of the U.S. citizens arrested in recent years on terror-related charges are immigrants admitted to the United States legally who later obtained citizenship. More than 70 U.S. residents have been publicly arrested and charged with conspiring to help, attempting to help, or actually helping terror networks such as Islamic State in recent years. At least 15 of them received U.S. citizenship after being admitted to the country legally, including one of the Boston bombers.

Under federal law, the executive branch is expressly required to take religion into account in determining who is granted asylum. Under the provision governing asylum (section 1158 of Title 8, U.S. Code), an alien applying for admission must establish that ... religion... was or will be at least one central reason for persecuting the applicant. Moreover, to qualify for asylum in the United States, the applicant must be a 'refugee' as defined by federal law. That definition (set forth in Section 1101(a)(42)(A) of Title , U.S. Code) also requires the executive branch to take account of the alien's religion: The...

Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) first proposed his bill, here, last summer. Events in Paris over the weekend on top of news accounts generally of the European invasion by Middle Eastern and African migrants have resulted in increased attention to the measure. Go here for a list of co-sponsors of HR 3314. Is your member on the bill yet?

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday waded into a controversial debate over whether to welcome refugees from Syria after last week’s deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, saying he would ask the federal government to halt such settlements in his state.The move was unusual for the first-term Republican governor, who has so far been more pragmatist than ideologue. He joined nearly two dozen other GOP governors who have taken similar positions, including his close friend and political mentor, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.“I am now requesting that federal authorities cease any additional settlements of refugees from Syria in Maryland until the...

CBS12 has learned a refugee from Syria is on the way to a new life in West Palm Beach.

President Barack Arrogant McStompyfoot held his ground the other day, proclaiming that the US was going to continue importing Syrian refugees, despite the fact that they cannot be properly screened. Deputy National Security Director Ben Rhodes was the guy who made sure the video was the focus in the aftermath of the Benghazi attacks as opposed to policy failure. He now assures us that the refugees will be thoroughly screened. He's not worried.Todd asked, "Does the president now have any more pause about bringing Syrian refugees into the United States?" Rhodes said, "No, Chuck. We have very extensive screening procedures...

A Syrian refugee that was relocated to Louisiana has already gone missing and the group who were accommodating them will not take responsibility. WBRZ has reported that Catholic charities had helped the refugee who settled in Baton Rouge, but also said the refugee left for another state after a couple of days, and they currently do not know where the refugee went since they do not track them. SNIP-- State Leaders say they have located the Syrian Refugee who settled in Baton Rouge… then left. They say after the Syrian left Baton Rouge, the refugee went to the nation’s capital....

<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Gov. Nikki Haley says she's re-evaluating international refugee programs in light of the terrorist attacks in Paris but continues to support allowing the persecuted to come to South Carolina.</p> <p>State Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler called on the Republican governor to end her support, saying South Carolina can't take any chances on an "oops moment" in vetting asylum seekers.</p>

Both Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio have called for the US to accept more Syrian refugees, as long as they are properly "vetted", of course. But what does it mean to "vet" a refugee? Normally, if someone wants to come into the United States, say, from France or Germany, our government can check with the French or German government to see if this person has a criminal record, or even is who he says he is. But when it comes to refugees from Syria, what is called "vetting" relies mostly on one source of information: the refugee. The UNHCR referral...

The deadly suicide bomb suspect who sneaked into Europe posing as a Syrian refugee was not stopped on a Greek island because every arrival is given travel papers to continue their journey, officials admitted last night. Documents show how the man was arrested on Leros after being saved from a sinking raft filled with migrants, but was let go and given a permit allowing him to get a ferry to mainland Europe. The shocking ease with which potential terrorists are able to travel across Europe has sparked a renewed debate about the European Union's open borders policy.

A Syrian passport found by police at the scene of the mass shooting in a Paris concert hall belonged to an asylum seeker who registered on a Greek island in October, a Greek minister said Saturday. "We confirm that the Syrian passport holder came through the Greek island of Leros on October 3 where he was registered under EU rules," said a statement issued by Nikos Toskas, the minister for citizen protection. French police said the document was found "near the body of one of the attackers" in the investigation into the main attack of Friday's carnage, at the Bataclan...

AT LEAST one of the terrorists responsible behind the slaughter of 127 people in the Paris terror attacks was a Syrian refugee. A Greek government official revealed one of the terrorists who died in the seige on the French capital had passed through the southern European country. A passport was found near the body of the gunmen, which revealed he passed through the island of Leros, suggesting he arrived in Greece by boat. Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas, in charge of police forces, has released the following statement: "On the case of the Syrian passport found at the scene of...

He walked right in-- Breaking: At least one terrorist in the deadly Paris attacks registered as a refugee on Leros Island in October.Migrants disembark from the catamaran Terra Jet at the Athens' port of Piraeus, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. About 1,800 refugees arrived from the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos as the country has been overwhelmed by record numbers of migrants this year. The terrorist was carrying a Syrian passport. The passport was found on the terrorist who blew himself up outside the soccer stadium. #Greece PublicOrderMin Toskas confirms Paris attacker w Syrian passport was registered as refugee on...

Three more just last night... what makes me think  this isn't making the German evening news? German newspaper BILD has reported seven centers burned-down in just the last week, according to the German Federal Criminal Police (BKA)... Merkel's CDU has worked in-union with Bavaria's CSU -led by Horst Seehofer- to form the core of the German right throughout the entire post-war period, for over 70 years... but Seehofer has threatened to end that and take-down her chancellorship if she doesn't immediately re-instate border controls. The Bavarians said they will start bussing them to her doorstep pretty soon. Perhaps Ma can now clearly...

Americans are kind of at ease ignoring our neighbors to the north. Sure, we pay attention during the Olympic Games there or during the election of a new prime minister with Olympic-quality hair. We tune in when there's a mayor with epic problems. But for the most part, Canada is just a country that's up there, with which we have few problems and do a lot of trade. But last week, one American went further. Much, much further.

AN illegal immigrant given a taxpayer-funded home after sneaking into the UK in a deadly 3,500 mile journey said he expected Britain “to be better” than it is. The Eritrean fled persecution in his war-ravaged country, survived nearly drowning at sea, faced kidnap by ISIS, starvation and dehydration and made it to Britain by hanging on to the outside of a Eurostar train. But he has turned his nose up at the UK and its goodwill by telling Express.co.uk he expected MORE from the country putting a roof over his head at the expense of the taxpayer. The asylum seeker...

Prosecutors in Berlin say the man suspected of murdering a four-year-old migrant boy has admitted killing another young boy, Elias, missing from his home in Potsdam since July. The suspect, named only as Silvio S, was arrested on Thursday. The body of a child was found in his car. It is thought to be that of Mohamed Januzi ...

Secure Freedom Radio Dismantling the Foreign Refugee Resettlement Program

Last April, police in Sicily reported that Muslim migrants hurled as many as 53 Christians overboard during a crossing from Libya. The motive was that the victims "professed the Christian faith while the aggressors were Muslim." Another report cited a boy seen praying to the Judeo-Christian God. Muslims commanded him to stop, saying "Here, we only pray to Allah." Eventually the Muslims "went mad," in the words of a witness, started screaming "Allahu Akbar!" and began hurling Christians into the sea. It gets worse. When Christian refugees finally do make it to Western shores, they continue to be attacked by...