WASHINGTON — Eleven Jewish groups are among 81 that sent a letter to Congress members urging them not to roll back plans to accept Syrian refugees into the United States.
“To turn our back on refugees would be to betray our nation’s core values,” said the letter sent Tuesday, as Congress began considering measures that would put a stop to the Obama administration’s plans to bring in 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year. “It would send a demoralizing and dangerous message to the world that the United States makes judgments about people based on the country they come from and their religion.” Among the Jewish groups signing are the Union for Reform Judaism, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the National Council for Jewish Women, the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee. Calls, especially from Republicans, to stop the refugee plan have proliferated since the massive terrorist attack in Paris last Friday. There is evidence that one of the attackers may have slipped in with the refugees flooding Europe, though Germany’s top security expert said a passport carried by one of the attackers may have been a ploy to stoke fears. A majority of state governors, most of them Republicans, have said their states will not take in the refugees, although states have little say in where refugees are settled. Defenders of President Obama’s plan say the 10,000 refugees is a tiny fraction of the millions of refugees created by Syria’s five-year civil war, as well as the nearly 300,000 refugees that Europe is absorbing. Additionally, they say, while Europe, flooded with boatloads of asylum seekers, is taking in refugees on an ad hoc basis, refugees applying for US asylum must undergo months of vetting. “We call on members of Congress to oppose any effort to limit the acceptance of Syrian refugees, just as we urge public officials and figures across the US to reject divisive and inflammatory statements that do not reflect our history as a nation founded by descendants of those who fled persecution in search of freedom,” said a statement by the Reform movement’s Religious Action Center. On Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 7:39:57 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > · *DHFC* <http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/> > > · *DONATE NOW* > <https://secure.piryx.com/donate/MCifZavB/David-Horowitz/fp-hp> > > · > OBAMA THREATENS STATES THAT WON'T ACCEPT 1,300 SYRIAN ISIS SUPPORTERS > This is a new level of lawlessness even for Obama. > > November 27, 2015 > > > > *Daniel Greenfield* <http://www.frontpagemag.com/author/daniel-greenfield> > > > > *10* > <http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/260938/obama-threatens-states-wont-accept-1300-syrian-daniel-greenfield#disqus_thread> > > > http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/260938/obama-threatens-states-wont-accept-1300-syrian-daniel-greenfield > > *14415* > > > > Obama recently decided to effectively suspend enforcement of immigration > law and unilaterally legalize huge numbers of illegal aliens. But one of > his minions is sending around letters threatening states who refuse to > accept his army of Syrian migrants, *at least 13% of which poll as > supporting ISIS* > <http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/260880/syrians-are-nation-terrorist-supporters-daniel-greenfield>. > > That means out of his first 10,000 Syrians, over *a thousand would be > ISIS supporters* > <http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/feds-to-states-settle-syrians-or-face-civil-rights-penalties/article/2577182> > . > > *States are required to provide "assistance and services ... to refugees > without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex or political position" > according to the Refugee Act of 1980, the letter points out.* > > *"States may not deny ORR-funded benefits and services to refugees based > on a refugee's country of origin or religious affiliation," the letter > states. "Accordingly, states may not deny ORR-funded benefits and services > to Syrian refugees." States that do not comply with these terms are subject > to "enforcement action, including suspension or termination."* > > *According to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, discrimination > based on race or origin is against the law in all programs that receive > federally-funded assistance, the letter adds.* > > Of course immigration policy precisely discriminates against immigrants > based on their country of origin or religious affiliation, since the latter > is used to determine quotas, while the former is used to verify claims of > religious persecution. > > Obama is claiming that the Civil Rights Act applies to immigration policy > at the State level, but not the Federal level. > > This is a new level of lawlessness even for Obama. > > The "political position" part is especially wonderful. If we took it > literally, we wouldn't be able to keep out Nazis, Communists and assorted > other people with a political viewpoint we don't like. How can we keep out > a nice fellow who politically supports ISIS for that matter, as long as he > doesn't take any action to aid ISIS? > > That's what Obama is insisting. And that's not even policy at the Federal > level. > > While "suspension or termination" sounds scary. Especially coming from an > illegal regime operating without regard for the law,*what it means is > that* <http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-94/pdf/STATUTE-94-Pg102.pdf> > funding > to states for resettlement programs would be cut. > > Since states are opting out anyway, they might as well opt out all the way. > > Furthermore Obama is already in violation of the Refugee Act (what else is > new) by failing to provide timely notification and information to states > about incoming refugees. Obama even refused to provide that information to > local law enforcement. > > The Refugee Act also contains straightforward grounds for sending the fake > Sunni Muslim refugees Obama is taking, instead of the real Christian and > Yazidi refugees, back where they came from. > > "The Attorney General shall not deport or return any alien Deportation. > (other than an alien described in section 241(aX19)) to a country if the 8 > use I25i. Attorney General determines that such alien's life or freedom > would be threatened in such country on account of race, religion, > nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. > "(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to einy alien if the Attorney General > determines that— "(A) the alien ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise > participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, > nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; > "(B) the alien, having been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly > serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community of the United States; > "(C) there are serious reasons for considering that the alien has committed > a serious nonpolitical crime outside the United States prior to the arrival > of the alien in the United States; or "(D) *there are reasonable grounds > for regarding the alien as a danger to the security of the United States."* > > Send the Sunni Muslims Al Qaeda and ISIS supporters back to Turkey. 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