Then it said it planned to accept a floor of 85,000 refugees and at least 100,000 next year. Once here with Refugee Status those individuals can claim any job and collect any federal welfare benefit. Recent statistics from the department of health and Human Services office of Refugee Resettlement indicate that 75 of refugees receive food stamps and more than half receive Free Health Care and cash benefits. For refugees from the middle east the numbers are even higher. More than 90 of recent middle eastern refugees draw food stamps and about 70 receive Free Health Care and cash welfare. Refugee settlement also comes with security risks as we have witnessed with the surge of isis recruitment among, for example, somali refugee communities in minnesota. Anyone claiming to have a serious and honest discussion of Refugee Resettlement must ask the difficult questions about integration, how can we accomplish that. Assimilation, and community safety. This is certainly true with respect to count
Juveniles in solitary confinement. Are you supportive of this . Or lynch this legislation an important opportunity for all of us to look at how we administer criminal justice in this country. If the goal is to protect the American People, in a way that is efficient, transparent and fair, sentencing reform has been the topic of great bipartisan discussion. Todays announcement is a great step forward. We commend and thank senators booker and lee. And the other senators who worked on this. They cross the aisle to come together with different ideas on how to improve the system. Casesmber prosecuting where we looked at people who were being cycled through a system, nonviolent drug offenders facing severe mandatory minimums being deported or going back home. You could not see the utility in it. We needed to focus resources on the kingpins, the leaders and organizers of the narcotics organization. It is something the department of justice has been focused on. I predecessor introduced a smart
Utter silence. Deafening silence. Perhaps you can understand why israel is not joining you in celebrating this deal. If irans rulers were working to destroy your countries, perhaps you would be less enthusiastic about the deal. If irans terror proxies were firing thousands of rockets at your cities, perhaps youd be more measured in your praise. And if this deal were unleashing a Nuclear Arms Race in your neighborhood, perhaps youd be more reluctant to celebrate. But dont think that everyone is only a danger to israel. Toa run is only a danger israel. Besides its aggression in the middle east and terror around the world, it ran is building building Ballistic Missiles whose sole purpose is to carry nuclear warheads. Remember this. Iran already has missiles that can reach israel, so does intercontinental Ballistic Missiles are not meant for us. They arer you meant for you. For europe. For america. For raining down mass destruction, anytime, anywhere. It is not gentlemen, easy to oppose so
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We are a big federal government. Like you all we can do come we all have to do as local governments, you have to do 20 things at a time every day. The same applies for us. We want to make sure we give you the tools to help give your folks back home information about the process. I will turn it over to simon. Before we do that, any questions before we go to the Refugee Resettlement . Thank you so much. Let me go ahead and introduce the next three panelists. Simon henshaw is a career officer at the u. S. Foreign service. Currently serving as Principal Deputy assistant secretary of the beer of population, refugees, and migration. The bureau of population. Barbara strack to my left is a joint u. S. Citizen and citizenship and Immigration Services as chief of the Refugee Affairs division. She manages the refugee core and Headquarters Staff to support u. S. Refugee admissions and admissions program. She worked in both the public and private sectors directing a project on immigration at the N