Posted by Ann Corcoran on September 14, 2015
Former Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (December 1979):
“…there is no substitute for public scrutiny, public disclosure, public debate on an issue of such importance
as the admission of refugees to the United States.”
as the admission of refugees to the United States.”
As far as we know, only Senator Grassley (Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee) has put out any statement about the Refugee “consultation” required by law that occurred on the Senate side of the Capitol last Wednesday. Grassley’s statement ishere.
***Update*** More here from Senator Grassley.
Where are you Trey Gowdy? As Chairman of the Immigration and Border Control Subcommittee in the House, you can do more to protect America by slowing the Syrian Muslim flow to our towns than you can ever do on Benghazi!
Where were the House Members, and why haven’t we heard from them yet? Where was Chairman Goodlatte and Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy?
Some speculate that they have been told to stay quiet, don’t make a fuss until the Pope has come and gone! (Boehner again?)
Now, that is just speculation and if someone presents me with some facts about the House Judiciary position on the 10,000 Syrians (or more!) for FY2016 proposal by the President, let me know. I do see this morning that Rep. Michael McCaul (Homeland Security Chairman) is blasting the number, but he is not on the committee responsible for addressing the Presidential Determination!
The Refugee Act of 1980 has a very specific time line for the President’s annual proposal for refugee admissions and the law calls for hearings now (here yesterday). And, where is the report that is supposed to precede the consultation by two weeks?
I say if there are no public hearings, FY2016 admissions should be halted when the new fiscal year begins on October 1.
Has Congress been shirking its duty for decades?
Sure looks like it! Because of the proposals to bring in as many as 100,000 Syrians in the next 12 months, there must be hearings! Come on Trey Gowdy! Come on Bob Goodlatte! Where are you? ...
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