Thread: 25,000 IRAQI REFUGEES ARE A COMING

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Ted Kennedy: Kennedy, Colleagues Fight To Help Iraqi Refugee Crisis
Wed, 06/20/2007 - 12:47 — admin

June 19, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C— Because of the war in Iraq, more than two million Iraqis have been internally displaced in their own country, and two million other Iraqis are in neighboring countries throughout the region, primarily Jordan and Syria. The United States has allowed less than 500 Iraqi refugees into the country since the conflict began – only 63 have been admitted this year. The Judiciary Committee highlighted the urgency of this issue in January. Assistant Secretary Sauerbrey has said the U.S. Will accept 25,000 Iraqi refugees this year, but our current system of refugee processing is not working well enough or fast enough.

Today, on the eve of World Refugee Day, Senators Kennedy, Smith, Biden, Hagel, Leahy, Levin and Lieberman, introduced a plan to develop a comprehensive and effective approach to meet the rapidly growing needs of Iraq’s refugees and internationally displaced persons, especially those who are associated with the United States. The bill would create a special category of applicants for refugee status for those who have helped the United States and expand the current special immigrant program for translators and interpreters to include others who have supported the American effort in Iraq. The bill would also allow Iraqis denied asylum after March 2003 based on changed conditions to file a new petition with an immigration judge to reopen their cases.

“America has a special obligation to keep faith with the Iraqis who now have a bulls-eye on their back because of their association with our government,â€

(...and which Senators listed in this story wanted immediate withdrawl from Iraq??)

If the president was the nice christian fellow he pretends to be, he should welcome many of these refugees to resettle in the wonderful town of Crawford Texas, near his ranch.

We badly need another large mass of immigrants who will never assimilate and whose children will form gangs and prey on us, as well as their own.

This amendment will be part of the Harry Reid amnesty bill list of amendments.

Amd. 1486 (Sen. Levin) Related to Iraki refugies and other religious minorities.

Well for sure I can see where we need more immigrants and thats only for 2007 wait until 2008, wonder how many Mexico is taking in! One thing about it their bothers and sisters have already started their own commuities, schools, churches etc. that way they don't have to assimilate either!

here we go again- ever wonder how we got the other immigrants who just happened to be our enemies? the russians the vietnamesese, the iranians.
I have been dreading this since this D____ war began
kennedy never stops-
god answer my prayers and send a life killing intestinal disorder to Kennedy and Reid and all others who want amnesty