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Old 11-21-2015, 01:07 PM   #83
sexobon
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Griff,

Everyone knows that it's not about security; but, about partisan politics. This is just another venue for that.

Even where partisan politics isn't a factor, the US immigration program is federally administered; but, largely funded at the State level and that becomes a concern because individual resettlement locations are really better off having thousands of refugees, rather than hundreds, to help the community thrive and prevent disaffection of the next generation. We have to provide their financial support until they get on their feet.

There is a legitimate concern that as the US ramps up the number of Syrian refugees it accepts to the tens of thousands that the security screening won't keep up and it needs to be kept up. The procedures are manpower intensive and past performance isn't necessarily a reliable indicator of future performance.

IF we do it right, security concerns are negligible. The major obstacle is that after 9/11, people don't trust the politicians to do it right.
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