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Flynn said. but the problem was that despite how many terrorist leaders they killed they continue to just multiply. "Obama has been criticized by opponents for referring to ISIS as the JV squad and apparently underestimating the groups threat." Well. Mr. Speaker. since we know the President has underestimated ISIS as a threat. clearly underestimated them. and there is no clear strategy to deal with them. what makes us think that this administration is going to do a better job of vetting potential terrorists coming into this country and underestimating them the way they have so many other refugees that have been brought into the country? Another article from Jim Hoft. December 2. 2015. quoting the President: "Yes. He really said this. "You go down to Miami and when its flooding in high tide on a sunny day. the fish are swimming through the middle of the streets." The Wall Street Journal reported the same thing. the same quote. But The Wall Street Journal reported: "We go down to Miami with some frequency and have never seen any such thing. And believe us. we know how to troll." But the President can find fish in the streets of Miami that nobody else seems to see. but he cant seem to notice how wide open our border is. what a threat to our security it is. and what a threat refugees are who we cannot determine who they are. where they came from. what they did. if they kill people. if they are terrorists. He didnt see any of that. There was a report from today. 4:20 actually. from Adam Kredo from freebeacon.com: "More than 179.000 illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes. including violent ones. continue to roam free across the United States. with reports indicating that these illegal immigrants commit new crimes every day. according to lawmakers and the director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. also known as ICE. "Sarah Saldana. ICEs director. disclosed to Congress on Wednesday that the agency is apprehending and removing fewer illegal immigrants than in past years. "Somewhere around 179.029 undocumented criminals with final orders of removal from the United States currently remain at large across the country and are essentially untraceable. according to Sen. Chuck Grassley. chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. who disclosed these numbers during a Wednesday hearing. "The total number of criminal illegal immigrants in the United States is in the millions. "Illegal immigrant criminals are known to be committing new crimes .every day. according to Sen. Jeff Sessions. another member of the committee. "Focus on the threat of criminal illegal aliens comes amid a wider national debate on immigration to the United States and the threat posed by potential terrorists and other criminals. "The Washington Free Beacon disclosed in August that the Obama administration had been keeping secret the release of violent criminal illegal immigrants and only began notifying local law enforcement agencies about this within the last several months. "The administration is continuing a policy of hiding information about this issue. as several administration officials informed the committee they were unable to testify because the hearing wasnt "in response to a particular crisis." Grassley said. "Saldana revealed at the hearing that somewhere between 30.000 and 40.000 illegal immigrants previously convicted of crimes have been released from custody in recent years due to legal restrictions on how long the agency can detain an individual." Here is a quote from Saldana. She said: "Whether its a result of protracted appeals or refusal of a country to accept its nationals back. this decision accounts for somewhere between 30.000 and 40.000 convicted criminal alien releases in recent years . . . noting that the number has dropped over time. "Lawmakers remain concerned that the Obama administration is dragging its feet when it comes to taking action to deport criminal illegal immigrants. While President Obama has vowed that this would be a priority for his administration. these criminals continue to be released into the United States. "Many criminals remain in our communities. Grassley said. When will enough be enough? Even those with violent criminal histories arent being removed as promised . . . American citizens are paying the price while law enforcement officers are instructed to look the other way. "There have been thousands of victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants and many of the agencys own officers are unable to do the job they signed up to do. Grassley said. "The Obama administration is removing fewer total illegal immigrants from the United States than it was just a few years ago. according to Senator Sessions. "Not only are total removals down. but the number of removals of criminal aliens from the interior of the United States. the socalled priority. has decreased significantly. he said. The reason for this decrease is not because there are fewer criminal aliens in the U.S. today than just a few years ago. there are hundreds of thousands of known criminal aliens in the United States. "New crimes are committed every day by criminal aliens. so while were not seeing a decrease in crimes committed across this country. we are seeing a decrease in removals of criminal aliens. Sessions said. "This cannot be blamed on a lack of financial resources. Sessions said. as Congress has increased funding. Still. deportations have plummeted and the administration is doing substantially less with substantially more. "Our goal should be to keep 100 percent of all criminal aliens out of the United States. . . . Theres nothing wrong or controversial about such a policy. "Saldana confirmed that overall apprehensions on the border are declining. and the agencys removal numbers are lower than they have been in recent years. "However. she maintained that the administration is removing at a greater proportion dangerous criminals. "Of the 235.000 deportations. 59 percent of them were convicted criminals. according to Saldana . . . Yet she said. there are also times when despite our best efforts criminal illegal immigrants get released from our custody." An article today from Dianne Solis. Tom Benning. and Brandi Grissom: "The State of Texas is suing the federal government and the International Rescue Committee. after the New Yorkbased aid agency announced plans to resettle Syrian refugees in Dallas later this week over the strong and repeated objections of Gov. Greg Abbott. "The State Health and Human Services Commission. filed on Wednesday the suit in U.S. District Court. saying those groups worked to resettle refugees in Texas without consulting with Texas or working in close cooperation with the Commission. "The agency. citing reasonable concerns about the safety and security of the citizenry of the State of Texas is seeking a temporary retraining order. "We have been working diligently with the International Rescue Committee to find a solution that ensures the safety and security for all Texans. but we have reached an impasse and will now let the courts decide." That is Health and Human Services spokesman Bryan Black. Tonight at 6:30. I got this article from Tanya Somanader.