Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is committed to providing safe harbor for Syrian migrants, despite security concerns raised by top government officials.
Peduto recently joined 17 mayors from across the county urging President Obama to accept more than his proposed number of 10,000 Syrians this fiscal year. The mayors said they would work to find space for refugees in their cities.
“These people are living in hell,” Peduto said. “For people to characterize them as terrorists while they're trying to escape the terrorists ... is not only unfortunate, but inhumane.”
U.S. intelligence officials have raised concern that Europe's disorganized response to millions of migrants fleeing war-torn Syria could let terrorists slip through.
“There is risk associated with bringing anybody in from the outside, but especially from a conflict zone like that,” FBI Director James Comey said during a recent Senate committee hearing. ...
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