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Hungary to Vote on EU Refugee Plan; Anti-migration Sentiment Grows in Europe
Reports from the Paris-based AFP and London-based Reuters news agencies on September 29 analyzed what has been described as a growing “populist,” anti-immigrant sentiment across Europe. ...
U.S. Not Screening Refugees for Extremist Views
Simon Henshaw, a deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, admitted that U.S. immigration officials make no effort to learn if refugees harbor extremist views....
FBI Director Comey Warns of Post-ISIS Terrorist “Diaspora”
In a statement before a Senate committee, FBI Director James Comey warned that “there will be a terrorist diaspora sometime in the next two to five years” in which...
Senate Bill Would Mandate TSA Involvement in Surface Transportation Security
Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) has introduced S. 3379, the “Surface Transportation and Maritime Security Act,” which would establish within the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) the “Surface Transportation and Maritime...
Report from National Academies Places Cost of Immigration as High as $296 Billion
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine indicated that “first-generation immigrants are more costly to governments, mainly at the state and local levels, than...
House Leaders Inform DHS Secretary That Obama Refugee Program Threatens National Security
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson citing an Immigration and...
Haitian Migrants Cross Border From Mexico to Gain Asylum
Large numbers of Haitian migrants are traveling to Central America, then journeying 2,500 miles north to the United States, where they cross the border illegaly and then claim asylum....
Georgia and Idaho Cities Receive More Syrian Refugees Than NYC and LA Combined
Recent news reports revealed that Stone Mountain, Georgia, and Boise, Idaho, have each received more Syrian refugees than New York City and Los Angeles combined. ...
Texas Threatens Withdrawal From Refugee Resettlement Program
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission sent a letter to Robert Carey, director of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, stating that unless the federal government “unconditionally” approves...
Are We Importing Middle East Terrorism to the United States?
On September 17, our nation saw violent attacks by natives of two countries where terrorism has a strong presence — the bombings in New York and New Jersey by...
UN Refugee Summit Supports U.S. Plan to Admit More Refugees
A statement posted at the State Department website on September 20 noted: “President Barack Obama will host a Leaders’ Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis on the margins of...
Afghani Native, Suspect in New York and New Jersey Bombings, Taken Into Custody
Ahmad Khan Rahami, a native of Afghanistan who is a suspect in the bombings in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend, was taken into custody following...
IMF Report Analyzes Effects of Syrian Conflict on Its Economy and Infrastructure
A new study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that the economic impact of conflict in the Middle East and North Africa is “massive and persistent” and is...
Multiple Studies Refute Claims of Rising Seas Due to Global Warming
Despite the gloom-and-doom predictions often made by pundits associated with the environmental lobby, several recent studies show that there is no evidence to indicate that global warming caused by...
As Cease-fire in Syria Begins, Obama’s Own Cabinet Lacks Consensus
The U.S.-Russian-brokered cease-fire agreement between the opposing forces in the Syrian civil war began on September 12, and after the first day, calm prevailed across the embattled nation. ...