January 8, 2016
By VOA News
Two refugees from Iraq (click here) have been arrested on terrorism-related charges by U.S. federal authorities, prompting renewed criticism of a White House plan to accept thousands of refugees from war-torn parts of the Middle East.
Both men were Palestinians from Iraq who have been in the U.S. for several years, according to U.S. officials. The men may have been in contact with each other, but do not appear to have been planning any attacks in the U.S., the officials said.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 23-year-old Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab was arrested Thursday in Sacramento, California, where he was charged with making false statements involving international terrorism.
Al-Jayab came to the U.S. from Syria in 2012 as a refugee. He is accused of lying to authorities about his travels to Syria, where according to social media postings, he fought with extremist groups, including Ansar al-Islam....
These men were both from Palestine, were accepted as refuges, where in the country for years, carried the same belief system and never conspired to carry out violence together.
The American Dream is not the focus of these men. Freedom in European countries is not the focus of the refugee men coming as refugees and migrants. It sometimes takes a few years of employment and democratic opportunity including government programs to help them thrive as refugees before their extremist agenda's are served.
Refugees coming to democratic countries all to frequently, after a few years, declare violence on someone.
"You can take the man out of a war front, but, you'll never take the war front out of the man."
This is reality. I refuse to be blind to the facts and the danger to pretend all refugees are benign entities within our borders.
By VOA News
Two refugees from Iraq (click here) have been arrested on terrorism-related charges by U.S. federal authorities, prompting renewed criticism of a White House plan to accept thousands of refugees from war-torn parts of the Middle East.
Both men were Palestinians from Iraq who have been in the U.S. for several years, according to U.S. officials. The men may have been in contact with each other, but do not appear to have been planning any attacks in the U.S., the officials said.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 23-year-old Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab was arrested Thursday in Sacramento, California, where he was charged with making false statements involving international terrorism.
Al-Jayab came to the U.S. from Syria in 2012 as a refugee. He is accused of lying to authorities about his travels to Syria, where according to social media postings, he fought with extremist groups, including Ansar al-Islam....
These men were both from Palestine, were accepted as refuges, where in the country for years, carried the same belief system and never conspired to carry out violence together.
The American Dream is not the focus of these men. Freedom in European countries is not the focus of the refugee men coming as refugees and migrants. It sometimes takes a few years of employment and democratic opportunity including government programs to help them thrive as refugees before their extremist agenda's are served.
Refugees coming to democratic countries all to frequently, after a few years, declare violence on someone.
"You can take the man out of a war front, but, you'll never take the war front out of the man."
This is reality. I refuse to be blind to the facts and the danger to pretend all refugees are benign entities within our borders.
