Posted by Tina
Looks like our new speaker’s purpose includes giving powers back to the states. The House Judiciary Committee is putting finishing touches on a bill, Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act (HR 4731), to reform US refugee policy. Changes would include allowing the various states to refuse to accept refugees and lowering the ceiling on the number of refugees accepted into America in a given year:
The bill also gives Congress authority to set an overall refugee ceiling for the nation at 60,000, down considerably from the current 85,000, and prevents the president from adding to that number without congressional approval.
Under the proposed legislation, the Department of Homeland Security would also be prohibited from unilaterally waiving grounds of inadmissibility and deportability such as a prior criminal conviction.
It would also require federal officials to prioritize asylum claims made by refugees fleeing religious persecution from countries listed as “of particular concern” by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
“To continue America’s long history of welcoming those in need, we must restore confidence in the safeguards protecting our security,” said House Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Raul Labrador (R-ID), who co-sponsored the bill with Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA).
Follow the link for criticisms of these proposed reforms.
Have you noticed how Vladimir Putin is so deeply concerned about refugees?
Before hitting this link be aware that your browser will be assaulted and turned to molasses by web scripts and automatically loading videos. I use Firefox with the NoScript and Flashblock extensions to prevent this horrid abuse that everyone seems to use these days, no matter what the story. (This is not to say that the vids at least are not interesting.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/15/editorial-valdimir-putin-may-end-syrian-refugee-cr/
Pie this situation is the result of the Obama/Clinton years and it’s truly disgusting and sad. The mush minds of the left make messes wherever they go. The ME is more dangerous and in shambles, the economy has been horrid and we may once again see a financial crisis…and still people buy into the narrative that the left offers a better deal. ARGHHHHH!
Good article over at Forbes on Putin.
Fearful, selfish, nasty people.
Germany (pop. 80 M) has taken in a million.
The French should ask for their statue back.
But the big Pooty news is the swift kick in the kiester he just administered to Assad.
A person might almost be encouraged.
I like to think Kerry told Lavrov that if they couldn’t come up with something constructive to do about the situation, we’d start organizing refugee trains to Chechnya.
Libby the wide open door policy in Europe is nuts and so are you. Unless your door is always unlocked and your home open to anyone who decides to take up residence you need to get a reasonable grip.
Pooty is Assad’s ally, old girl.
Kerry doing something constructive? Where have you been? He, Hillary and Obama are the destruction trio of the century.
“Unless your door is always unlocked and your home open to anyone who decides to take up residence you need to get a reasonable grip.”
I find this analogy weak. Countries are not like houses, and shouldn’t be run like them. So comparing open borders to unlocked doors doesn’t work for me.
Libertarian lawyer Ilya Somin at the Volokh Conspiracy wrote an interesting article in favor of open borders. I’m not sure I agree 100% with his position, which seems a bit radical, but it certainly resonates more with me than the “deport them all, build a wall” argument. I realize those are two extremes, though.
Forgot the link:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/03/16/open-borders-day-2016-some-thoughts-on-immigration-and-conservatism/
Tina, you are ignorant. The idea of a European Union is that you should be able to travel from Belgium to France as easily as you travel from California to Oregon.
Only a flaming racist xenophobe would see a problem with this.
But it’s early days, and the horrendous flood of refugees from a Middle East … that we played no small part in destabilizing … is one hell of a stressor.
Yeah, that’s the idea, but it isn’t working even with so-called friendly nations.
Business Insider, “So We’re Agreed: the European Union is Falling Apart”
Seems the people in the healthier nations are beginning to resent the people in the less healthy nations expecting to be bailed out of financial ruin. Good fences make good neighbors! More http://marketrealist.com/2016/01/european-union-falling-apart-george-soros/“>here quoting George Soros so this isn’t just a conservative position.
That was 2011 and things haven’t improved. Enter the refugee crisis brought on by the generous Angela Merkel. In February City Lab at the Atlantic reported that, “it looks like they could be on the way out for good.”
Briton will decide in June whether to stay in the EU or opt out.
We are fortunate to be able to travel easily between our various states. We can because we are all solidly American (Or at least we were), tied together by common values and heritage. We have laws in common and a common defense but California won’t go broke if Nevada’s economy falters. Nevadan’s don’t have to suffer from California’s ignorant regulations and high taxes; we can vote with our fee and still remain American.
“Only a flaming racist xenophobe would see a problem with this.”
Only a stupid fool would believe you can mix oil and water and come up with ice cream. (Nirvana)
Honoring and respecting differences by maintaining strong borders control is a good thing that helps to foster peace.
“the horrendous flood of refugees from a Middle East … that we played no small part in destabilizing … is one hell of a stressor. ”
The “stressors” you speak of were handled much more effectively when someone who actually was engaged, knew how to plan and take cues from advisers, new how to relegate to RESPONSIBLE people, and actually cared about consequences intended and unintended was in charge. We haven’t had that for SEVEN and ONE HALF LONG YEARS…of course poor leadership has resulted in a crisis and a mess.