Headlines 16 November 2015

Portman calls on administration to halt resettlement of Syrian refugees into US

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U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) released the following statement calling on the Administration to immediately halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees into the United States:
 
“As a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, I have been raising my deep concerns about taking Syrian refugees because of our government's inability to properly check their backgrounds to know who they are and why they are coming. When I raised this issue in a hearing last month and questioned Administration witnesses about whether the influx of refugees would subject Americans to risk, the answers I got were deeply troubling.
 
“To that end, I call on the Administration to immediately halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees into the United States until there has been a thorough review of DHS and State Department vetting procedures to ensure that no terrorists or individuals with links to Islamist extremist groups make it into the United States, as they have in France.”

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