Pe ion for no Syrian refugees to the U.S.

[ChumpDumper]

Is this guy a Syrian refugee?

lol tangent

[boutons_deux]

Texas threatens funding cut to relief agency over resettling Syrians in state

A Dallas relief agency faces a Monday deadline to respond to Texas state officials who have threatened to cut funding to the nonprofit organization if it tries to resettle Syrian refugees in the state.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission warned the Dallas office of the International Rescue Committee in a letter last week that it would be in violation of its contract with the state if it did not comply with Governor Greg Abbott’s order to stop accepting Syrian refugees.

Abbott, a Republican, is concerned that U.S. security screening is ineffective and could allow in people with ties to terrorism, the letter said.

International Rescue Committee officials in Texas were not immediately available for comment.

"We have been unable to achieve cooperation with your agency,” Executive Commissioner Chris Traylor wrote in the letter. "Specifically, your agency insists on resettling certain refugees from Syria in the near future.”

Texas leads the United States in resettling Syrian refugees from their country's four-year civil war. But it became one of the first of more than 30 U.S. states to say they would refuse to accept Syrian refugees in statements following the deadly Paris attacks this month.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...e=politicsNews

TX Repugs and you Texians who vote for them.

[Dirk Oneanddoneski]

International Rescue Committee

Thanks for posting this Boutons the great. I had my su ions about who was bringing Muslim terrorists to Texas. There's only one group I could think of thats evil enough to do it and look what we have here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern...scue_Committee

President David Miliband

Who is David Miliband? Hes the brother of Ed Miliband the former head of the Marxist party of England

A little background on the Milibands

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Miliband

Born in London, Miliband is the elder son of Jewish immigrants, Belgian-born Marxist sociologist Ralph Miliband and Marion Kozak from Poland.

[ChumpDumper]

So you're really, really afraid of Syrian refugees.

[Winehole23]

And Jews.

[rmt]

http://thehill.com/policy/national-s...-chairman-says

"The NCTC (National Counterterrorism Center) has identified “individuals with ties to terrorist groups in Syria attempting to gain entry to the U.S. through the U.S. refugee program,” the intelligence agency told McCaul in a letter.

[Ball Buster]

And Jews.

Which makes no sense because the Syrians pretty much hate the Jews as much as anybody.

[boutons_deux]

History of Muslims in USA

Islam In America

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetect...am-in-america/

iow, you rightwingnut Repugs, having ed up the Middle East for oil and directly causing AQI/ISIS to arise, are being demagagued, as always, by Repug talking points.

[boutons_deux]

Muslim Anti-Radicalism Activist Detained in Texas Because Airline Passengers Thought He Looked Scary



A Muslim anti-radicalization advocate was detained by authorities after landing at Houston’s Hobby Airport because other passengers on his flight from Newark thought he looked su ious.

According to ABC News, Dr. Bilal Rana is an anesthesiologist who was returning home to Houston after a conference in New Jersey when he was taken into custody and interrogated.

Rana — who is the president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, a youth group that seeks to prevent Muslim teens from embracing radicalism — said that he believes another passenger profiled him based on his appearance and acted out of fear. Flight crew deactivated the wireless Internet on his flight from Newark and he was greeted by the FBI on landing.

After an hours-long ordeal — which took place on Nov. 15 — Rana wrote about his experience for Time magazine that told readers “I’m not your enemy. I’m your biggest ally.”

“To those who saw me as a threat,” he wrote:

“I hope you never know what it feels like to have a group of police officers single you out. I hope you never know what it is like to be frisked while standing in front of a plane full of passengers. I hope you never suffer the embarrassment of watching mothers hold their children tightly as you walk by them.

I hope you never feel the humiliation of having your belongings confiscated out of your hands, or being surrounded by cops who refer to you as ‘the subject’ on their walkie talkies. I hope you never have to, for the first time in your life, sit in the back of a police car.

I hope you get a chance to explain who you are before you are judged. I’m not your enemy. I’m your biggest ally.”

The 36-year-old father of five told ABC that the run-in with authorities embarrassed and humiliated him more than it angered him.

“It was embarrassing, very embarrassing that I could be assumed to be that type of person. It hurts, but I don’t profess to be a victim. I understand law enforcement has to do their job and I respect and support them. I always have,” he said.

“I recognize this as an opportunity to any Muslims out there, I’d want them to be patient, be graceful, rise above it,” he urged.

“My intention is to try to bridge this gulf between Muslims and non-Muslims. We need to talk to each other,” he concluded.

http://www.alternet.org/civil-libert...ers-thought-he

Thanks, Repugs, keep inflaming TX and other dumb s. It really really helps move America forward.

[MultiTroll]

Passport linked to terrorist complicates Syrian refugee crisis

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/15/europe...cks-passports/

Islamic State reveals it has smuggled THOUSANDS of extremists into Europe

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/...urope-Refugees

[TheSanityAnnex]

No wonder everyone has so much faith in the screening process.

Kelli Ann Burriesci, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Screening Coordination with the Department of Homeland Security
http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=119_1449777633

[boutons_deux]

Americans poll 2-1 against blocking Muslims

Naturally, 70% of Repugs favor blocking.

Anybody who says there is no difference between Dems and Repugs is probably a Repug saying "Dems are just as horrible as us Repugs"

[MultiTroll]

No wonder everyone has so much faith in the screening process.

Kelli Ann Burriesci, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Screening Coordination with the Department of Homeland Security
http://m.liveleak.com/view?i=119_1449777633

Wow. Facepalm.

[MultiTroll]

Americans poll 2-1 against blocking Muslims

Is this poll from Muslim.com or where?

[boutons_deux]

HONY has a slide show of Repugs' refugees, suicidal killers every one of them, talking about their plights

https://www.facebook.com/humansofnew...type=3&theater

[Splits]

HONY has a slide show of Repugs' refugees, suicidal killers every one of them, talking about their plights

https://www.facebook.com/humansofnew...type=3&theater

Yeah, Brandon the owner of that site visited Turkey and Jordan and interviewed a bunch of families who have been approved for transfer. He said basically every single family approved either has a member with a PhD or people severely disabled from the war. http://www.humansofnewyork.com/

[Dirk Oneanddoneski]

people severely disabled from the war. http://www.humansofnewyork.com/

Well sure sounds like they can contribute, might as well sign them up for Cadillac health care plans on our dime while we're at it

[rmt]

She passed three background checks by American immigration officials as she moved to the United States from Pakistan. None uncovered what Ms. Malik had made little effort to hide — that she talked openly on social media about her views on violent jihad.

She said she supported it. And she said she wanted to be a part of it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/us...ssed.html?_r=0

[Winehole23]

Throughout the seven months it took Samer and his family to make their way from Syria to the United States, he told himself that the risk and cost would be worth it they could swap their war-ravaged homeland for what he believed was a “land of opportunity, hope and peace”.


But the family’s arrival in the US has proved more stressful than the journey: days after they reached Texas they found themselves the unwitting subject of a national debate over potential terrorist infiltration.


Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said that Samer, his wife and two sons – aged two and five – could be the embodiment of America’s “worst nightmare”. Donald Trump speculated that the family, who are Christian, could be members of Islamic State.


A month later, Samer and his family are still being held in indefinitely in separate detention centres – and his belief in America as a beacon for asylum seekers is dimming by the day.


“My very small children are in prison,” said Samer, speaking by phone from an immigration detention centre near San Antonio. “I had no idea that the political climate was so against Syrian refugees. If I had known that it was so terrible here I wouldn’t have brought my family.”





In his first press interview, Samer said he was struggling to reconcile his perception of the US as a Christian nation of immigrants with his own predicament. Now he fears his family will not be released and reunited by Christmas.
“I definitely thought America would accept me,” said Samer, who has been identified by a pseudonym to protect family member.


Speaking through an interpreter, he appeared mystified by the idea that he could be considered a threat. “We are the ones running away from war,” he told the Guardian.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...t-me?CMP=fb_us

[MultiTroll]

She passed three background checks by American immigration officials as she moved to the United States from Pakistan. None uncovered what Ms. Malik had made little effort to hide — that she talked openly on social media about her views on violent jihad.

She said she supported it. And she said she wanted to be a part of it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/us...ssed.html?_r=0

I thought it's been established she posted under a pseudonym profile.
I'm all for forcing Zuckerberg etc to join in the uncovering of sneaky jihad internet stuff.

[Winehole23]

FBI says no:

Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik did not make open posts on social media regarding radical Islamic jihad or martyrdom before the Dec. 2 terror attack in San Bernardino, FBI Director James B. Comey said Wednesday, attempting to knock down criticism that U.S. officials had missed the growing radicalism of the couple and could have prevented her from moving to the U.S. last year.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-ln-...216-story.html

[Dirk Oneanddoneski]

Ok not all Muslim refugees are bad Sweden yes!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...g-slipped.html

[FuzzyLumpkins]

so she used messenger?

For me its simple go back to 1975 and the beginning before the Olympics and all the planes and all that started. 40 years. Total up all the people killed by foreign nationals on US soil including 9/11 and it comes out to ~4500.

450 people per year in a country of 350+m. Even if the refugees double that I still won't be scared. I'll still go to shows, games, and concerts.

I don't watch TV except to DVR games and I don't listen to the radio. It's the campaign really, the GOP cannot talk about the economy or jobs because despite their hand wringing over gas prices those have all done very well this year.

Only thing to drum people up is make them scared and rattle some sabers.

[boutons_deux]

slave state rural Christian hater sheeple

Va. county shuts down schools after backlash to lesson on Islam

VERONA, VA. — Security concerns have prompted officials in a Virginia county to close schools after parental objections to a world geography lesson that included Islam.

Augusta County School Board President Eric Bond announced Thursday that schools would be closed Friday.

Bond says the decision was made "out of an abundance of caution" after consulting with law enforcement. He says there was no specific threat to students but did not elaborate on the safety concerns.

Media outlets report that a Riverheads High School teacher last week asked students to complete an assignment that included practicing calligraphy and writing a Muslim statement of faith. Students weren't asked to translate the statement or recite it.

Bond says that the school district received "voluminous" phone calls and emails about the lesson.

The county canceled extracurricular activities through the weekend.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2015/12...esson-on-Islam

"abundance of caution" about whom? Muslim terrorists? or Christian terrorists?

[angrydude]

Because some parents are dumbasses, that totally means it's in the interest of the US govt to allow syrian refugees into the country.