The United States handpicks the refugees who resettle here, and they go through multiple layers of security checks involving the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies, making them the most thoroughly vetted group of people who come to the United States. These checks typically require from 2-3 years before the refugee is cleared and can be brought to the U.S. The Most Critical Fact (An Update to the Original Post):Let this fact sink in for a while. | "Since 1975, the U.S. has resettled more than 3 million refugees, including 169,000 from Bosnia and more than 100,000 from Iraq. There have been no recorded terrorist acts in the United States by a refugee" -AILA InfoNet Doc. 15111813. (Posted 11/18/15) #WeStandWithParis #WeStandWithRefugees #KeepAmericaSafeIt's only been a few days since the Paris bombings last friday November 13, 2015. A cowardly and senseless act of terrorism has shook the world at its core. The terror group ISIS (or ISIL, as some call it) took responsibility for the attack. Suspicions that the terrorists may have smuggled themselves into France as part of the wave of Syrian refugees was shared by various media outlets and intelligence agencies from various governments. France reacted with a swift and decisive bombardment campaign against ISIS and taking out various targets in order to disrupt, dismantle, and ultimately destroy this barbaric terrorist organization that struck terror at the heart of France. The American Response: We Welcome Syrian Refugees!As of late, Presidential Candidate Ben Carson has likened the Syrian refugees to rabid dogs. Very mature, Dr. Carson. Really. Shame on you, Dr. Carson. Participating in an exercise in futility, Governors across the country are formulating plans to block the acceptance of #SyrianRefugees into their States. There is very little that these Governors can actually do - if anything at all. Immigration is a Federal matter and Congress' power over immigration is plenary. That means that Congress has an inherent power to control immigration. The individual states do not have such power. When Governors say that "We will do everything in our power to not allow these refugees into our State..." it is just political symbolism. There is no State Power to control immigration. Think about it: even if they did have the power and, a Syrian refugee is allowed to come into New York he can easily get onto a Greyhound bus and travel 250 miles into Massachusetts. The United States has always been committed to being a haven for those fleeing persecution and oppression. The United States stands for freedom and we stand strong in the face of oppression and totalitarianism. We send American soldiers to fight overseas so we can be free. Freedom in its most basic form is our ability to sleep comfortably and soundly at night. On a more complex level, it's the ability of the United States to engage the world without having some two-bit dictator or terrorist dictating to the United States how it conduct its foreign or immigration policies. And these Republicans and their anti-refugee supporters are actually taking away that freedom that the United States enjoys by allowing ISIS to change America's policies. "But There is No Vetting Process."Ah, but there is. Republicans pointing to a fictitious lack of refugee vetting have carefully crafted this argument to shield their platform's xenophobic agenda . The Republican Presidential Candidates (and the Republican governors) and their supporters opposing the intake of Syrian refugees have an infantile and unrealistic impression of what the Refugee process is like. It is one of the most rigorous processes that immigrants must go through in order to come to the pristine ports of entry of the United States. There are multiple layers of background checks, security clearances, biometrics, etc. that the refugee and his or her family must go through. The application process takes several years to go through. My Firm sends its deepest sympathies to those families and the French people who have been affected by this cowardly act of terrorism.
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