When I was a stranger in your land. did you take me in? I think we have a moral imperative to provide for "the least of these." but at the same time. we have a moral imperative to protect Americans from extremists who seek to come to the United States to cause us harm. As we learn to address this tension. our Nation has rigorous screening procedures in place for all refugees. as well as enhanced screening for refugees who might be coming here from Syria. It is a process that takes an average of 2 years to complete. For those who arent familiar with the process. peoplein this case. 4 million refugeesare left for fighting in Syria to try to get away to save their lives. They are in refugee camps in that part of the world. and the United Nations has a special mission which includes to vet them. to get to know them. to talk with them. and to see if they would like to stay in a refugee camp or try to get settled into some other country. In vetting the 4 million refugees. a small fraction of those are folks who indicated that they would be interested in maybe resettling in this country. At the end of the day. after winnowing down from 4 million refugees. I believe the U.N. sent us 7.000 names. Out of the 7.000. we selected 2.000mostly kids. mostly young families. mostly old people. and not very many men of fighting age. if you will.
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