(CNSNews) – President Obama said Monday that calls from some quarters for the U.S. to admit only Christian refugees from Syria were “shameful,” yet the reality is that today’s refugee system discriminates, not against Syrian Muslims, but against Christians and other non-Muslim minorities.
Critics say this is because the federal government relies on the United Nations in the refugee application process – and since Syrian Christians are often afraid to register with the U.N., they and other non-Muslims in invariably left out.
Fleeing persecution at the hands of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other jihadist groups, Syrian Christians generally avoid U.N. refugee camps because they are targeted there, too.
Most refugees considered for resettlement in the U.S. are referred by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Applications are then handled by one of nine State Department-managed resettlement support centers around the world, a process that includes vetting and interviews by the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and takes an average of 18-24 months. There are occasions when a process can begin without UNHCR referral, but this usually applies in cases of close relatives of refugees already in the U.S.
Of 2,184 Syrian refugees admitted into the U.S. since the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011, only 2.4 percent have been Christians while 96 percent have been Muslims, according to State Department statistics updated on Monday.
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6 comments:
So Obama's idea of vetting the "refugees" is to take the UN's recommendations. OK he's officially insane!
I am scared of the christian refugees more than the muslim ones. Have you ever read about what the christians have done to people in the name of religion?
Letting the UN decide who we should let into our country isn't just insane it's treasonous Obama should be put in prison and then deported or possibly even executed since we are at war. I'm not saying Obama should be executed,that of course is up to the courts to decide but Obama has got to go. The sooner the better.
10:20 go troll Politico
10:20 you should fear them they all have the same passport with the same Birth date and a different picture. Obama knows
Adolf Hitler burned his own Reichstag building in 1933 to blame on his political enemies.
He would later declare that,
“Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death.”
OI saw no refugees period. If any then only Christians. Let Dubai and the united Arab Emirates take the Muslims.
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