Obama eases security screening rules to allow more Syrians to enter US
Posted by Ann Corcoran on February 6, 2014

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson: Let ‘em in!
It was just a matter of time before the Obama Administration bowed to international pressure and lobbying from taxpayer-funded resettlement contractors and “human rights” groups to relax security requirements that have here-to-fore made it difficult for them to open our doors to Syrian ‘refugees.’
From Reuters:
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration announced on Wednesday that it had eased some immigration rules to allow more of the millions of Syrians forced from their homes during the country’s three-year civil war to come to the United States.
Only 31 Syrian refugees – out of an estimated 2.3 million – were admitted in the fiscal year that ended in October, prompting demands for change from rights advocates and many lawmakers.
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been taken in by neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
The rules changes granted exemptions on a case by case basis to the “material support” bar in U.S. immigration law, according to an announcement in the Federal Register signed by Secretary of State John Kerry and Jeh Johnson, the Secretary of Homeland Security.
That bar had made it impossible for anyone who had provided any support to armed rebel groups to come to the United States, even if the groups themselves receive aid from Washington.
[…..]
“These exemptions will help address the plight of Syrian refugees who are caught up in the worst humanitarian crisis in a generation,” Illinois Senator Richard Durbin, chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on human rights, said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear how many Syrians would be affected by the rules change.
Let me guess! It will be 2,000 to start with and if the contractors have their way it will be 12,000 or so in this fiscal year!
But, heck they will have some new fresh territory in which to place them—Toledo, OH and Wyoming!
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Michael Travis said
O’Bama’s “DHS” has issued warnings regarding potential “explosive toothpaste” bombs en route to Russia on American aircraft. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/world/europe/sochi-security-toothpaste
Let me repeat: “explosive toothpaste” bombs en route to Russia on American aircraft.
Not Saudi, Lebanese, Omani, Yemenite, Pakistani or Afghan airlines (and travelers)….. but specifically American airlines and citizens have been identified as potential terrorist threats.
After decades of “Islam first” immigration and Asylum policies we’ve finally made it to the “Big league” of terror threats…. beating the Middle-Eastern savages at their own, traditional game.
It’s all about “Immigration”. We have the Atlantic and Pacific oceans protecting this nation. If we would stop importing Moslims we would face zero threats from the Islamic savages.
All the best,
Michael Travis
Rule Change: Some Material Aid, Support to Terrorists Okay, Aiding Terrorism Must Be “Significant” to Deny Entry: 70% of Asylum Seekers Fraudulent | Maggie's Notebook said
[…] It was just a matter of time before the Obama Administration bowed to international pressure and lobbying from taxpayer-funded resettlement contractors and “human rights” groups to relax security requirements that have here-to-fore made it difficult for them to open our doors to Syrian ‘refugees.’ Source: Refugee Resettlement Watch […]
Jon Sobieski said
Jeh Johnson is a racist ‘black power’ fanatic. The trifecta, Obama, Holder and Johnson. Of course, the left is thrilled. I think the Democrats are just thrilled, their plan to change America’s demographics, destroying the white race and Christianity with one swoop, and no one says a word.
Richard M Nixon (Deceased) said
Reblogged this on Dead Citizen's Rights Society.
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