Three dozen Congressmen have requested a ban on Middle East Refugees be put in the Continuing Resolution to keep funding the government. They want language in the bill that would “prevent federal funds from being using to admit to the United States refugees from Syria, the Middle East and North Africa” until new procedures are in place. They sent their proposal to Speaker Paul Ryan, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers. The letter was sent last week, before the recent terrorists attacks in Minnesota, New York and New Jersey.
From KLFYNews,
This moratorium, they said, would only be lifted once key federal agencies implement procedures that ensure refugee and related programs “are not able to be co-opted by would-be terrorists.” They also demanded that the procedures be provided to Congress in classified and public formats and that the government implement a “longer-term monitoring process” for refugees admitted to the U.S.
Finally, the freeze would only be undone once Congress passes a joint resolution that approves funding to admit refugees from that region again.
They would, however, allow for U.S. funding to cover the safety of refugees overseas, including their food, housing and medical aid.
The Continuing Resolution must be passed by October 1st to avoid a government shutdown. These 37 conservative Congressman want their immigrant freeze proposal in that bill.
One of the 37 is Virginia’s own, Congressman Dave Brat. It was Congressman Brat and Congressman Brian Babin (R-TX) who wrote the letter and got 35 more signatures. See more here.
Of course the President and Democrats in Congress would oppose any freeze on refugees. After the three terrorist attacks this weekend, some Democrats may reconsider their stance.
More on the story here.
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No, send them all to the Major of New York, Paris, London.
Send them to HIllary’s house
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“Islamic radicals are once again waging jihad on American soil and President Obama is AWOL.
There have been attacks in New York, New Jersey, Minnesota and a charity run for Marines. Among the victims — an eight year old child and a 15-year-old girl.
And the only reason we’re not talking about massive casualties is because of alert citizens and the incompetence of the jihadist.
America is under siege and yet, our commander-in-chief remains silent.
On Saturday night — just moments after the bombings — the president was bashing Donald Trump at the Congressional Black Caucus gala and cracking jokes about the Islamic State.
The president was cracking jokes while New Yorkers were digging shrapnel out of their bodies.
On Sunday he flew to New York City to attend a posh fund raiser for Hillary Clinton — less than a mile from where the Chelsea bomb exploded. He made no mention of the attack in his remarks to wealthy donors. And to my knowledge he made no hospital visits.
The White House seems to be treating the horrific events of this past weekend as if it was simply a normal day in America.
Not only has President Obama not defeated ISIS — but now they are here — living among us — and more than willing to blow us up in the name of Allah.
But instead of calling out the president’s fecklessness — the mainstream media attacked Donald Trump — for having the gall to call the bomb a bomb.
Mr. Trump is the only person who had the courage to call for a temporary ban on immigration from places that are hotbeds of radical extremism.
But the mainstream media called him Islamophobic.
What part of “they want to kill us all” does the media not comprehend?
Hillary Clinton told a press gaggle there are millions of peaceful, law-abiding Muslims. That’s nice to know. But we’re concerned about the ones that want to blow us up.
On Election Day you need to answer this one question — who do you trust to protect you and your family from the Islamic radicals?
Gary Johnson — the pot-head? Jill Stein — tree-hugger? The lady who had to be shoved head first into a van? Or Donald Trump?
Think long and hard — because the safety of your loved ones is on the line.
Be safe, America.”
Obama is fully exposed as an America hating global socialist. With only a few months left in his term of horror and tyranny, he has nothing to gain from false compassion.
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