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I can’t say I didn’t see this coming. In the midst of those truly seeking asylum you will have a few who are in fact terrorist sympathizers and who would do harm to Americans.
How in the world are refugees so easily be given permanent residency and worse citizenship?
For the most part I’ve avoided commenting on the whole refugee issue because I would most likely be banned from commenting on TPM.
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They are not given citizenship. Refugee status is separate from other immigration.
You won’t be banned unless you plant bogus GOP’er crap in here. You can take any position you like ( although most of the commenters are pretty uniform in their thinking and you’ll get a hell of a back lash if you cross that ). This isn’t Raw Story or Crooks and Liars where you best tow the line or the whiny assholes in the comment threads “turn you in”. I have’nt been to those lefty idiotic sites in years. Don’t miss em.
One thing that will get you flac in TPM is error. The folks in here are well informed. Refugees are granted a separate status that is nothing like “resident” and in no way like citizenship. You are premising your concerns on an error and that will get you guff. These guys are both from Iraq. Hard to turn down Refugees from that country if American actions are what created their refugee condition.
No one is advocating a “let em all in” position and those advocating a “none of em” position aren’t being taken seriously. We can’t deny them all and our vetting / screening is getting more diligent every day. No one, left or right, has a laissez faire attitude when it comes to terrorism, Some want to solve the problem and others just want to use it. That’s where the contrast is.
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If they are IRAQI refugees, when did they come here? Did they come in with the Syrians or well before? Can someone tell me.
So does this indicate the danger of letting in refugees? Or does this indicate that our system is working.
I tend to think the latter.
Almost no action in life or government is without risk. There are reasons we have screening procedures for refugees.