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Obama faces new criticism on refugee program after 2 terror arrests
The arrest of two Iraq-born refugees on terror-related charges has recharged Capitol Hill calls for the Obama administration to pull back on plans to welcome thousands more refugees from Middle East warzones.
“It is disturbing, though not surprising, that terrorists have succeeded in exploiting our refugee system to come to the U.S. and aid ISIS,” Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said Friday.
Officials announced the arrests on Thursday, in California and Texas; it’s unclear if they’re related.
One of the criminal complaints accused 23-year-old Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, of Sacramento, Calif., of traveling to Syria to fight alongside terrorist organizations and lying to government investigators about it. He originally came to the U.S. from Syria in 2012. Investigators said he discussed plans to return, and wrote that he was "eager to see blood."
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Re: Obama faces new criticism on refugee program after 2 terror arrests
It is my understanding that the Texas legislators totally jumped the gun on releasing information about the on-going investigation and potentially impeded it. It looks like unfortunately it is being used more for political gain than anything else. According to what I have been able to read they were more concerned with removing Asaad than anything else.
We are becoming an nation that appears to be overly paranoid about everything and to make it worse have politicians and news organizations that feed that paranoia and depend on it to further their careers.
It certainly may wind up that these individuals will face charges for their actions, but let's let the whole thing come into the full light before we get paranoid about it.
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"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"