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| Should be investigated for treason. |
Doing doing someone else's bidding at our ultimate expense.
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. should take in 100,000 Syrian refugees next fiscal year, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Tuesday, making him the first senator to call on the president to increase his proposal for admissions tenfold.
"I think it is necessary in light of this humanitarian crisis," the second-ranking Democrat told The Huffington Post after announcing on the Senate floor his support for increasing admissions to that figure. "When Germany stepped forward and said they'd take 800,000, I think it was a reminder that the scope of this problem far exceeds any numbers that we've considered to date."
Millions of Syrians have fled their homes since the beginning of the conflict there in 2011, and although the U.S. put $4 billion into humanitarian aid, the number of people resettled here pales in comparison to those taken in by other nations. The White House announced last week that it aims to bring in 10,000 Syrians next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. Durbin is now joining the call put forward by refugee groups and 72 House Democrats to bring that number up to 100,000.
"It was a move in the right direction, but a modest move," Durbin said of the White House proposal. "I think we can do better."
Durbin had previously suggested the U.S. accept 65,000 Syrian refugees, as recently as Monday in a joint op-ed with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for CNN.
Other Democrats are also calling for the U.S. to up its commitment to take in Syrian refugees. Democratic presidential candidate and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley sent a letter to the president on Tuesday asking him to admit 65,000 Syrians by 2017. Others have said something should be done without offering a specific figure.
Admitting 100,000 Syrians would be a massive increase, since refugee admission targets were set at 70,000 per year for the past few fiscal years. Before being admitted into the country, refugees go through an extensive security check and a health screening. Because of the number of people and the time-intensive process, it typically takes 18 to 24 months from when they are referred to the U.S. by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for them to arrive in the country.
It's also expensive. Increasing the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the U.S. would require more money, Durbin acknowledged.
"There's talk among my colleagues about a supplemental appropriation, because all of these people have to be carefully vetted. I'm for that," he said. "But let's make a commitment here to do something significant."
A growing number of women and young girls housed in refugee shelters in Germany are being raped, sexually assaulted and even forced into prostitution by male asylum seekers, according to German social work organizations with first-hand knowledge of the situation.
ReplyDeleteMany of the rapes are occurring in mixed-gender shelters, where, due to a lack of space, German authorities are forcing thousands of male and female migrants to share the same sleeping areas and restroom facilities.
Conditions for women and girls at some shelters are so perilous that females are being described as “wild game” fighting off Muslim male predators. But many victims, fearing reprisals, are keeping silent, social workers say.
At the same time, growing numbers of German women in towns and cities across the country are being raped by asylum seekers from Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Many of the crimes are being downplayed by German authorities and the national media, apparently to avoid fueling anti-immigration sentiments.
They like raping boys too
DeleteAlways pushing some anti American agenda.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Durbin and his millionaire Lobbyist wife should move to Syria. This is supported by every Illinois County except Crook County.
ReplyDeleteAmerican taxpayers cannot afford this. Perhaps Mexico or Canada can help these people.
ReplyDeleteAn elected official is supposed to represent the people that elected him. Not to go off on some tangent that compromises national security, that puts any citizen of this country in jeopardy, whether by physical or sexual assault, any infringement on "our rights as American citizens" to practice our religion, freedom of speech and pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. He wasn't put there to be some frigging tool to propose an influx of foreigners who are ill suited to assimilate into American society. To put an additional strain on the country's resources. Why not send them to Mexico to offset the population losses that country is suffering through our porous southern border. That's some Dick we stuck in Washington, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteAny time - any day - any way - the Democrat leftists - led largely by Dick "Barney Rubble" Durbin will find a way to take our freedom, take our money, add to our debt, saddle us with bad international deals, promote, fund and defend abortion, weaken our military, defend and promote the polluters of our culture, weaken our (traditional) morals, weaken the family, hurt white Americans, bring in by any means necessary, more foreign people, they will do so. They are running the table people. If you are sitting back doing nothing you will have no right to complain.
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