“The numbers are relatively small: just 2,000 refugees, compared to an estimated two million people who have fled Syria during the civil war. But it’s a significant increase from the 90 or so Syrian refugees who have been permanently admitted to the U.S. in the last two years. And it’s not entirely uncontroversial. The refugees, mostly women and children, will be screened for terrorist ties — a process that could take a year or more to complete. Unlike previous efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to give temporary protected status to Syrians already in the United States, the State Department effort will bring in Syrians from overseas for permanent resettlement in America.”
Related posts:
260,000 Austrians sign EU exit petition, forcing referendum debate
Iran Stock Fever Reaches London as Firms Rush to Build Funds
Iraq-Turkey oil export pipeline seen back in 72 hours after new attack
Piedmont Boy, 3, Gets $2,500 Ticket For Urinating In His Front Yard
Deported veterans' group ignores Border Patrol, repaints border wall mural
In Swat Valley, U.S. drone strikes radicalizing a new generation
Leland cop suspended after arresting man for recording another arrest
Winston Churchill’s shocking use of chemical weapons
Peru dethrones Colombia as cocaine king
Deputy in viral DUI checkpoint video has checkered past
Britain pushing to provide weapons to Syrian rebels
Inside the Hyperloop: the pneumatic travel system faster than the speed of sound
Oklahoma ABLE Commission agents bust south Tulsa brewpub for making too-strong beer
Judge bars Starbucks from closing 77 failing Teavana stores
Bulgarian protesters: ‘Even if we are smiling, we are angry’