US taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees

[Mustang Man]

Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama has ordered his administration to "scale up" the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the United States in the coming year, directing his team to prepare for at least 10,000 in the next fiscal year, the White House said Thursday.

The announcement comes amidst growing pressure for the United States to increase the number of refugees it accepts as those displaced by the raging Syrian civil war pour into Europe and other regions.

Before the White House announcement, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi criticized the number of additional refugees the Obama administration had said on Wednesday that it was looking to accept -- just 5,000.

"This is really important. I think 5,000 is far too low a figure," she told reporters, referring to the amount Secretary of State John Kerry had mentioned to lawmakers Wednesday, according to Congressional aides and other sources familiar with the meeting.

The proposed resettling of at least 10,000 Syrian refugees would be allocated out of a U.S. quota of 75,000 refugee admissions slated for next fiscal year, beginning October 1, a senior administration official said.

That quota applies to refugees from all over the world and is set at the beginning of the fiscal year, but Obama can raise that quota if there's a crisis.

Already, a Senate aide said that Kerry had told senators that "they'd seek an additional increase beyond that," referring to the 75,000 quota.Kerry mentioned a potential new total as high as 100,000, as well as other possible maximum numbers, according to the aide."He gave a range of numbers," the aide said.

cont. http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/politics/u-s-take-10000-syrian-refugees/index.html

This may sound a bit crass but I really don't have much sympathy for the Syrian refugees. ISIS numbers at around 50,000 give or take, the refugee influx of Europe is nearly a million. So out of that million let's say at least half are fighting military aged males. Can 500,000 fighting aged males not band together and take on 50,000?:confused: Better yet it be interesting to see where their alliances have been towards, were they pro Assad or ISIS?

[Peregrino]

How long before the Western World realizes they're not refugees but colonists? Europe thinks it has problems now with Islamist slums? Wait until the latest wave of 500,000 military age males gets settled in. Look at the problems the French are already experiencing with Islamist dominated "no go" sectors and extrapolate what they'll face in 3-5 years. Now - thanks to the current administration - we can have the same outcomes here too - a Detroit for every state!

[tonyz]

We can't control our own domestic gang violence problems.

We have our own border problems and inner city problems and a growing welfare class.

Our political elites at both state and federal level have incurred unsustainable levels of debt and unfunded pension liabilities. We can't even control our own costs before adding to the burden.

Importing poverty, importing thousands of disaffected military-age Muslim males and others who are historically unwilling to assimilate with any country into which they are introduced.

You think the Tsarnreav boys in Boston were bitter and corruptible ?

Just wait until we see the misplaced Muslim outrage this way comes...

[Box]

We should bring in a few thousand members of Mara Salvatrucha while we are at it just to make things interesting...
...because, well, why the fuck not?

[The Reaper]

We should bring in a few thousand members of Mara Salvatrucha while we are at it just to make things interesting...
...because, well, why the fuck not?

I thought they were all pretty much here, anyway.

TR

[mark46th]

Train them up, put them on a plane, fly them back to Syria. As they get off the plane, hand them a weapon and ammo...

[Gold Eagle]

Train them up, put them on a plane, fly them back to Syria. As they get off the plane, hand them a weapon and ammo...

I have to agree 100%. These folks need to fight for their country.

[MR2]

Some Americans are firmly against the idea of the US taking in Syrian refugees. The concern is that they might eventually take jobs away from our hard working illegal Mexican immigrants.

[blacksmoke]

Why would they fight for their country? They have been blaming us for not helping since it started...I can't wait to get called up to spend another 14 months in some shit hole standing around "nation building". Let the Russians fix Syria. F 'em.

[craigepo]

If they were really refugees why aren't any of them going to close-by Muslim nations?

I'm curious as to what percent are actually infiltrators.

[mark46th]

These pricks were dancing in the streets 14 years ago. Fxxk 'em. Send them home...

[Oldrotorhead]

Please delete One to many Irish in my system

[NurseTim]

The refugees should be housed and supported in hollyweird as well as with democrats like, boxer, feinstein, reid, kerry, klinton, and 1600 Pennsylvania ave.

[Sigaba]

FWIW (source is here (http://www.voanews.com/articleprintview/2961040.html)), September 11, 2015
Syrian Refugees Face Lengthy Process for US Resettlement
by Pamela Dockins
With the United States preparing to taking in more displaced Syrians, a State Department official shed more light Friday on the U.S. vetting process for accepting refugees, which can take 18 months to two years.
[The American president] on Thursday committed the United States to taking in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming fiscal year.

The State Department said those expected to be admitted would most likely come from a list of almost 18,000 referrals from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, the world body's refugee agency.
The official said the process includes an initial interview with the refugee on location by a Department of Homeland Security officer.
Refugees under consideration for resettlement undergo multiagency security checks as well as a health screening to identify any diseases of public health significance.
The official said most receive “cultural orientation,” a three-day class to provide them with information about the United States and the resettlement process.
The United States then works with nine domestic agencies to resettle refugees in the country. The official said these agencies have more than 300 affiliates in about 180 U.S. communities.
The official said three U.S. government agencies involved in resettlement — the State, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services departments — spent more than $1 billion last year to admit about 70,000 refugees to the U.S.

One refugee's experience

Syrian-American Bilal Kanawati is familiar with the U.S. process. He said his family invested more than a year of work and $6,000 in an effort to relocate his cousin’s family from Damascus, only to see their case denied.
“There was no reason. Just denied,” Kanawati told VOA via Skype, who said the family includes a husband, wife, four children and an elderly aunt.
He said his cousin's 15-year-old daughter died after suffering from an allergic reaction. "They took her to the hospital, but there were so many checkpoints on the way from where they were living," he said. "She died on the way."
Kanawati said the family’s home has since been destroyed by shelling and the family members have split up to live with different relatives.
It's been heartbreaking for the whole family, he said: "We had so many plans for them and, you know, how they were going to stay in our house and how we were going to get them out of the problem over there. And it becomes like dreams shattered.”
Despite the setback, Kanawati said his family plans to launch a new effort to get his relatives resettled in the United States.

[mojaveman]

I was floored to see the city where I live in on the list.


http://www.citylab.com/work/2015/09/where-syrian-refugees-are-likely-to-settle-in-the-us/404698/?utm_so

[Box]

...to those 10,000 smelly fucking arabs coming to visit


youre welcome





I hope you wake up every morning, ill from the fact that you got forced out of your country by your own religiously fanatic countrymen.
...and I hope you loose sleep over the fact that the infidels from the west are the ones that gave you a place to lay your head
...I hope you loose as much sleep wondering if your family members still in the middle east are in danger as MY family has lost while I was in the middle east trying to rid the world of the same fucking religious fanatics that ran you from your home

HAHAHAHA

you unappreciative fucks - I hope your skin burns like a rash being in such close proximity to us dirty infidel American dogs.


if you ask nicely, we might even go over there and kill a few thousand more islamofascists for you so you can return to your home...
...or maybe we wont

anyway, you're welcome



for all or you idiotic idealist liberals that cried "no blood for oil" some years back when we were telling you "if we dont kill them HERE in the middle east, someday they'll come to America and show you want its REALLY like to be afraid...
...well, I hate to say it, but

we told you so




...but seriously, fuck you very much

[ddoering]

Settle them in Chicago. They are already used to the sound of gunfire at night.

[blacksmoke]

I hear Detroit and Cleveland have many empty homes which could be used to settle these people.:munchin

[Flagg]

I hear Detroit and Cleveland have many empty homes which could be used to settle these people.:munchin

Isn't Michigan already a longstanding U.S. hub for Islamic refugees?

[JimP]

...to those 10,000 smelly fucking arabs coming to visit


youre welcome





I hope you wake up every morning, ill from the fact that you got forced out of your country by your own religiously fanatic countrymen.
...and I hope you loose sleep over the fact that the infidels from the west are the ones that gave you a place to lay your head
...I hope you loose as much sleep wondering if your family members still in the middle east are in danger as MY family has lost while I was in the middle east trying to rid the world of the same fucking religious fanatics that ran you from your home

HAHAHAHA

you unappreciative fucks - I hope your skin burns like a rash being in such close proximity to us dirty infidel American dogs.


if you ask nicely, we might even go over there and kill a few thousand more islamofascists for you so you can return to your home...
...or maybe we wont

anyway, you're welcome



for all or you idiotic idealist liberals that cried "no blood for oil" some years back when we were telling you "if we dont kill them HERE in the middle east, someday they'll come to America and show you want its REALLY like to be afraid...
...well, I hate to say it, but

we told you so




...but seriously, fuck you very much

Oh Hell Ya!!!! Billy for President!!!! woo-woo!!! :lifter

[MR2]

Oh Hell Ya!!!! Billy for President!!!! woo-woo!!! :lifter

Hmmm... could be...

What's your comb over look like Billy? :munchin