Ben Carson: 'There is currently no ability to vet' Syrian refugees

leaningright said:
"Today, I am asking Congress to stop the Obama Administration’s plans to bring in up to 45,000 Syrian refugees. There is currently no ability to vet these people. By letting refugees into our country without vetting we are putting America at risk. If our President cannot see the risk, then we must rise to the challenge and protect our country. This morning President Obama announced at his press conference that it was our responsibility to accept these refugees. He is wrong. He took an oath to protect and defend this country. There is simply not a way to vet these refugees.
We should do everything in our power to help these men, women, and children who have been forced to flee their country, but until we can sort out the bad guys, we must not be foolish. I call for increased aid to the refugees. We can and should do more to feed the hungry and shelter the homeless. We must also protect them from being attacked by implementing immediately no fly zone over these camps.
....Both the FBI and former Intelligence Committee Chairman, Mike Rogers, have indicated that it is not possible to fully vet these refugees as there is no Syrian list to vet against. Allowing these refugees to enter our country without knowing who they are is foolish. I am talking to many experts as I can,..."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/19/politics/ben-carson-vet-refugees/

i dont see anything wrong with the above. And again, to the 3 & 4 year old comments, you are being patently dishonest when you make them.
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All refugees are vetted. What on earth is he talking about, "currently no ability to vet these people"?

"Since the 1970s, the United States has resettled more than 3 million refugees, many Vietnamese. The United States currently takes in 70,000 refugees annually from all over the world, but has proposed to increase that number to 85,000 this year. About 10,000 of the increase was earmarked for Syrian refugees, senior Obama administration officials said.

After the refugees go through the UNHCR intake, the more intense screening begins, according to John Sandweg, former acting general counsel to the Department of Homeland Security and former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Homeland Security is among the entities heavily involved in the screening. Intelligence, the Department of Defense and other law enforcement agencies are also involved.

A refugee is subjected to biographical and biometric screening. The refugee’s written history is checked against databases; techniques including fingerprints and eye scans are also used, Sandweg said...

The interview is considered among the most important steps in the screening, and the United States uses trained interrogators from a variety of fields, including intelligence, to seek out possible plants, Sandweg said. Other refugees are an important part of the screening process because information is checked against each interview for inconsistencies, he said.

“One of requirements is for an in-person interview with trained professionals who are familiar with country conditions,” Sandweg said. “They are trained in forensic techniques. They interview individuals in person, their family members and go back to corroborate contradictory information. They use open sources and classified materials for the search.”

“A fair number of people are rejected,” he said.

After the interview, the refugee heads to the United States, where there are further interviews at the border. There is also another layer of domestic law enforcement involved, he said.

The OBama administration said Syrians and Iraqis are often heavily documented because the often totalitarian governments they are fleeing require massive paperwork as a means of political control. If a document is missing, interrogators are trained to question why and to compare those answers with others response from refugees..."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-syrian-refugee-screening-20151117-story.html
 
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