US Lawmakers Question Refugee Screening

Some Republican lawmakers have expressed concern that terrorists posing as Syrian refugees could slip into the country. “With more and more refugees seeking to reach Europe from Syria and its neighbors, there will be of course those seeking to take advantage,” Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said Tuesday at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee meeting where lawmakers heard from U.S. immigration and aid officials.   “If we cannot guarantee the vetting of these refugees, it would be...

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