A letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) requesting that the year-end spending bill feature language to fully defund refugee resettlement to the U.S. has 57 co-signers, according to the letter’s author Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX).
The San Francisco Chronicle, in an attack on those fearful that an influx of Syrian refugees might include potential terrorists, has pointed out that Governor Jerry Brown, now an advocate for accepting the refugees, opposed the influx of Vietnamese refugees in 1975.
Terrorism is a tactic that has survived for thousands of years and seeks to cause fear, panic, and economic damage to a given population in order to exert control or influence political, social, or religious practices through unusual levels of brutality. As technology advances, so too do the tools available to terror organizations and those inspired by them.
Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) argued “Republicans are pretty good at fear” and refusing Syrian refugees “feeds into” ISIS’ message on Wednesday’s “MSNBC Live.” Gutierrez said, “watching the horrific scene of murder, and mayhem, and terrorism as it struck in Paris,
If the horrendous November 13 attacks in Paris provide any lessons for policy makers in the United States, those lessons revolve around the dangers of open borders and the laws which make it difficult – if not impossible – for
A U.S. representative from Texas introduced a bill on Tuesday in the nation’s capital to protect state governors who refuse President Barack Obama’s plans to resettle Syrian refugees in their respective states. At least thirty-one governors have made statements refusing these refugees because of security concerns.
Last March, seven Texas cities were named on an ISIS “kill list” as part of an online terroristic threat disseminated over social media that identified U.S. Armed Forces personnel and released the individual’s names, photos, and home addresses. Concerned “kill list” chatter kicked up among Texans over social media following the gruesome ISIS attack on Paris, leaving at least 129 dead. That list gives pause to all in this post-9/11, post-Madrid, and now, post-Paris world.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) says he will accept Syrian refugees because Americans have “an obligation” to do so.
A video excerpt from an October 21st House Homeland Security Committee hearing reveals exactly why Texas Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) is calling for “a screeching halt” to Syrian resettlement in the country. He and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) are sponsoring a bill which would give governors the ability to protect their states by refusing to accept Syrian refugees.
President Obama accused various Republican critics of his Syrian refugee policy of being “scared of widows and orphans,” and argued, “I cannot think of a more potent recruitment tool for ISIL, than some of the rhetoric that’s been coming out of
Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush stated that he doesn’t want to ban Muslim refugees from Syria from coming into the US and the answer “is not to ban people from coming,” but that “if there’s any
While Florida’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary candidates, Rep. Alan Grayson and Rep. Patrick Murphy, seem to be garnering all of the media spotlight in what will eventually turn out to be a hotly contested general election, Republicans vying to replace outgoing Sen. Marco Rubio appear to be a forgotten bunch.
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump slammed President Obama, saying he “doesn’t have a clue” about the threat of terrorist attacks posed by Syrian refugees in America following the attack in Paris last Friday in which one of the terrorists was embedded as a refugee.
Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) signaled that he may side with Republicans in a push to “pause” Syrian refugees from being resettled in the United States.
Secretary of State John Kerry stated that “people shouldn’t be rushing to judgement” over the Syrian refugees in an interview set to air on Tuesday’s “NBC Nightly News.” Kerry said, “We have — since 9/11, we have allowed 785,000 refugees
MSNBC Military Analyst General Barry McCaffrey criticized the EU and US for not putting ” significant resources into Jordan and Turkey to stabilize the populations in place” and wondered, “Why would we haul them all over the world as refugees,
“It will be very difficult for me to vote for any funding bill that risks American lives by improving the chances of successful terrorist attacks on American cities,” Mo Brooks said in an interview with Breitbart News Tuesday. “And so if that’s the funding bill Barack Obama and the House and Senate leadership want me to support they’re going to need to look elsewhere for votes.”
There are several reasons the Jewish and Syrian crises have little in common, and why opposition is different in the two cases
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee argued “the number one goal of our government is not to protect the image of Islam, it’s to protect American citizens” and “let’s join with the Russians, who are sending airstrikes”
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie sent a letter to President Obama informing him that he would not accept any more Syrian refugees into the state.
Even though roughly two dozen state governors have declared their states won’t accept any Syrian refugees, legal scholars are saying it is only the federal government that can stop this program and that state governors can’t close their borders – putting pressure on Congress to take the initiative to block more refugees from entering the country.
On Monday, California Gov. Jerry Brown stated California would help accept Syrian refugees, and argued that they would be “fully vetted in a sophisticated and utterly reliable way.”
Tuesday on the House floor, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) said turning away refugees fleeing violence in Syria is “despicable and cowardly and precisely the kind of reaction ISIS wanted.” Gutierrez said, “Candidates for president of the United States. politicians and
Governor Greg Abbott’s promise to not help Syrian refugees settle in Texas is being called by some in the Houston Syrian community “un-American.” They are claiming the Governor has no constitutional right to block Syrian refugees.
Secretary of State John Kerry stated that the US knew that ISIS had the capability to carry out the Paris attacks in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, portions of which were broadcast on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell
First Read’s Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Carrie Dann are smart people, and at least they are not accusing anyone of racism, but their Tuesday morning attack on Obama’s critics is equal parts smug, factually-challenged, filled with false choices, and
Attorney General Loretta Lynch concedes there are “challenges” associated with vetting refugees from Syria.
Since announcing that Texas would no longer participate in any Syrian refugee relocation programs Monday morning, Gov. Greg Abbott spoke to reporters about his decision following an engagement on higher education in North Texas later in the day.
The plan to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees in the U.S. is a “recipe for disaster” and must be defunded, Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) says.
In Tennessee, GOP Presidential frontrunner Donald Trump pummels President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for their foreign policy weakness. “Weakness has shown that when you’re weak and ineffective, bad stuff does happen. You know that. That’s what we’re seeing,” Trump said.
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson argued that those who refuse to say “radical Islam” are “not really being very consistent” since the I in ISIS stands for “Islamic” on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Carson said, “I
Columnist Charles Krauthammer criticized President Obama for only showing “passion” and “anger” against Republicans on dealing with Syrian refugees on Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Krauthammer said, “I thought it was an astonishing performance. Aside from all
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stated that he would not allow any more Syrian refugees into America, based on a lack of trust for Obama to properly screen them.
The Saudi-funded, terror-tied Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is slamming Republican Governors over their efforts to oppose the import of refugees from Syria into the United States.
The U.S. accepts a million lawful permanent residents and 100,000 refugees and asylum seekers annually. If the current rate of immigration continues, the U.S. is slated to add the population of Los Angeles every three years — on top of the all time high 42 million foreign-born residents already in the U.S.
GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is introducing new legislation in the Senate to halt Syrian refugees from obtaining visas to enter the United States, and told Breitbart News that he supports the governors from several states who have decided not to accept Syrian refugees under the Obama Administration’s increased refugee resettlement program.
Bobby Jindal, the Governor of Louisiana and a Republican candidate for President, has released a new video exclusively to Breitbart News, highlighting the attacks he received from the mainstream media when he warned against the presence of Muslim-supremacist “No-Go” zones in Europe.
Congress must block funding for the Obama administration’s Middle Eastern refugee resettlement plans when it appropriates money before the end of the year, Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) says.
House Speaker Paul Ryan says that a budget battle may be brewing between Congress and President Barack Obama over funding for Obama’s efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in the United States.
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions is calling on Senate appropriators to place conditions in any upcoming government spending legislation that includes funding for refugee resettlement in the U.S.
