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Subject: Congress: Don't Demagogue Security Vetting of Syrian Refugees
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Dear Miriam,
Urge members of Congress to tell the truth about Syrian refugee screening.
Take
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Some Republican demagogues are taking advantage of the ISIS-Daesh attacks in
Paris to try to scare Americans into thinking that admitting Syrian refugees
to the U.S. would threaten our security. Republican presidential candidate
Ben Carson said Sunday that accepting Syrian refugees is a suspension of
intellect. [1] Senator Marco Rubio told ABC that "We wont be able to take
more refugees
Because theres no way to background check someone thats
coming from Syria. [2]
But the claim that the U.S. government lacks the ability to screen refugees
for security concerns is total fabrication. Its just not true.
Urge Members of Congress to tell the truth that the U.S. government has a
vigorous process for screening refugees for security concerns by signing
our petition at MoveOn:
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/Congress-dont-demagogue-Syrian-refugees
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As Politifact reported: [3]
Before a refugee even faces U.S. vetting, he or she must first clear an
eligibility hurdle. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - or
occasionally a U.S. embassy or another NGO - determines which refugees
(about 1 percent) should be resettled through its own process, which can
take four to 10 months.
As we noted in a previous fact-check, once a case is referred from the
UNHCR to the United States, a refugee undergoes a security clearance check
that could take several rounds, an in-person interview, approval by the
Department of Homeland Security, medical screening, a match with a sponsor
agency, cultural orientation classes, and one final security clearance.
This all happens before a refugee ever gets onto American soil.
''It can actually take almost three years, said Lavinia Limón, the
president of the advocacy group, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and
Immigrants. The process for refugees is the most extensive security
screening we have for visitors. Its easier to come in as a tourist, a
student, a businessman.'"
The length and thoroughness of the U.S. vetting system sets it apart from
the chaotic, dangerous process for refugees fleeing into Europe by sea,
said Geoffrey Mock, the Syrian country specialist for Amnesty International
USA
the population identified by the UN and vetted by both organizations
has worked successfully in alleviating crises in dozens of other countries,
including Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and the Central
African Republic, Mock said. Theres no reason to believe Syria will be
any different.
Urge Members of Congress to tell the truth that the U.S. government has a
vigorous process for screening refugees for security concerns by signing
our and sharing our petition:
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http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/Congress-dont-demagogue-Syrian-refugees
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References:
1.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conservative-suspicions-of-refugees-
grow-in-wake-of-paris-attacks/2015/11/15/ed553664-8baa-11e5-acff-673ae92ddd2
b_story.html
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2.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/260219-white-house-refugee-plan-
targeted-after-paris-attacks
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3.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/15/jeb-bush/jeb-
bush-it-takes-almost-year-refugee-be-processed/
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