The Obama administration is considering resettling some refugees who have escaped war-torn Syria in the United States, a development first reported by the Los Angeles Times on Sunday and later confirmed by the State Department.
According to the Times, the resettlement of the refugees would be “part of an international effort that could bring thousands of Syrians to American cities and towns.”
The Times reports [emphasis added]:A resettlement plan under discussion in Washington and other capitals is aimed at relieving pressure on Middle Eastern countries straining to support 1.6 million refugees, as well as assisting hard-hit Syrian families.
The State Department is “ready to consider the idea,” an official from the department said, if the administration receives a formal request from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, which is the usual procedure.
The United States usually accepts about half the refugees that the U.N. agency proposes for resettlement. California has historically taken the largest share, but Illinois, Florida,Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia are also popular destinations.
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17 comments:
We dont need any more immigrants to take our welfare and taxpayers dollars. We cant even afford the ones we have now sponging off of our taxpayers dollars.
Great, just what we need, more freeloaders!
Obama voters being enrolled here you all
I'm have been a citizen of Maryland all my life, but if we get stuck with them and my taxes have to pay for them, I'm leaving. We have our own citizens that need help. Screw em.
And Obama thinks we can afford them?
Send them to MARS!
Anything Obama can do to turn this Country into Muslim he will do. Somebody needs to get a grip on this anti American.
Send them to the white house. There is an empty chair there.map
You have to have a brain to think 3:07 and it's debatable whether or not Obama has one.
What an arrogant bunch all because you were in the lucky sperm club and were born over here. What if you were them?
Drew you keep them when they get here!
Better idea - send them to Egypt, Jordan, or some other ME country. Why here?
Drew said...
What an arrogant bunch all because you were in the lucky sperm club and were born over here. What if you were them?
June 12, 2013 at 8:21 PM
If we were them, we would not be Americans.
Lucky sperm bank? You sound like a 7th grader, and that's an insult to them.
They that to our founding fathers, farmers, shop keepers and others who fought and died against the British, lost all their wealth and possessions, had their family and friends tortured and murdered and everything else associated with war, so their descendants could enjoy the freedoms and rights we have(had)in OUR country.
And since you brought it up, out of the millions of sperm from your father, you are the one that got through?
Talk about LUCKY.
lol, I guess the words on the statue of liberty only counted for the Irish and Germans huh?
I believe they should be settled in the Washington DC area. There are probably a lot of abandon or empty buildings there. The District can then deal with the crime, increased welfare issues for folks that ARE NOT US citizens.
Drew and the rest of those who don't get it. This country is in major debt. It wasn't when our ancestors arrived in this country. Back then work was plentiful.
Now unemployment is over the top.
Things are different now and we have to get with the times and face that the times are tough for a lot of Americans. Children are living in filthy crime infested cities wrought by poverty. Let's straighten out the problems we already face before bringing on new challenges.
Just what we need more "Come Heres". Except these may be terrorists in drag.
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