Migrants. To get your thoughts on this. What do you think should the iraqi and more syrian refugee. 2027488000 and republicans and 2027488002. Join the conversation at or email m cspan us. Well get to your thoughts in just a minute. The phone is matthew Diplomatic Writer with the associated press. Whatadministration say yesterday refugees ining more this country . Good morning. O secretary of state kerry and the top u. S. Diplomat for migration issue went up to the hill to outline what to do and what theyre going to do is increase worldwide total number of refugees that the u. S. Ill accept in the next fiscal ear which would be october 1st from 70,000 to 75,000. Increase. But secretary kerry left open back with a come higher number that could rise by thousands. Refugee is recommended for resetlment around the states accepted theyre rigorous background check because there are competing interests here desired but also legitimate concerns. The any talk of simplify vetting process, the resetlment faster . To make it there has been and there has been for some time. Notably we saw this after he iraq war, during and after the iraq war when there was u. S. To ls for the ccept more refugees from iraq fa aster, but there has been resistance to that and the intelligence is concerned about of radical ity hiding within the refugee population and getting this country to commit some kind of crime or terrorism. There is resistance among the and ligence community it and at o simplify the same time there is pushback to do more. Needs refugees accept right now from syria and iraq . The total right to you that been accepted since the beginning of the syrian war is about 1500. Theyre hoping by the end of go up to 17, yll 1800. There is a cap but its moveable refugees that f he mid east will accept at 33,000. Hen they send up their new proposal that 33,000 is likely to o up as is the 70,000 75,000. Thesewhat about money for refugees . How much does the United States contribute . Out the lping neighboring counties around with their aq refugee situation . The u. S. Has been for many, the largestears now u. N. Refugee to the they have also given help the illion to kin statesn the ball to the u. N. To deal with the refugees and to these countries that are not as rich resourceshave as much as countries in western europe. Host talk a little bit more the qualifications for getting into the United States refugee and Refugee Status resetlment. And the first refugee is s a aspiring in the United States hey have to recommend you for resetlment in the United States. For recommend people resetlment based on family members. They dont just recommend for the United States but recommend as well. Ther countries so once you have been for resetlment then this very ugh expensive back ground check where people from the state and Homeland Security nd others essentially vet your background, your family your history to determine whether you or are not a threat. Can take upes it to three years to do. That ncern is that great hiding be extremists amongst innocent people fleeing. Who pays for this expensive vetting process . Does. E taxpayer do. Ll i dont believe that there is a because it varies so much. Ome people might get approved within a year or less than two years. Others it may take longer. Depends on the interview rocess and how easy it is to vet the family. So the cost varies widely. The refugee is accepted and settles in the nited states, what does the taxpayer provide . Amount. Not a huge there is money that they are arrive. Hen they and theres sponsoring communities that have come up social services to help integrate these families into new communities. Gain, that varies widely depending on where exactly it is help these people will require. Host with all of that on the thank you very much. Diplomatic writer with the press. Ated what do you think about this . Accepting u. S. Be these refugees . Eric, good morning . Caller yes. Three points to make. Is about information as we need totaxpayers, information. If corporations pay for it will want. S what we host how is that related to the refugees . As far as the immigrants were weary of illegals coming across the border, but in us hiring illegals draw them across the border. Lot of people from the chamber of commerce, g. O. P. About these cally refugees from syria and iraq, hould the u. S. Be accepting more . Caller see the thing is host im going to move on. Republican. Io, good morning, mark. Caller good morning. Do you think, mark . Caller i dont think he should take in anymore people. A lot of ady taken in people from mexico and south merica and were not taking care of our vets correctly and are of these people who from syria maybe actually terrorists. Our leaders and their agencies people em to vet properly and its just too much of a chance right now. Have enough on our plates. Host mark, take a look at the refugees fleeing from syria and iraq. His is from Amnesty International and put together these statistics. Syria are in om countries turkey, lebanon, jordan, iraq and egypt. Lebanon 1. 2 and jordan 650,000 hich amounts 10 of the population, turkey hosts 1. 9 and ore than any other country 3 ld wide and iraq where Million People have been 250,000 host close to refugees and egypt hosting about 133,000. Is 40 humanitarian funded. Refugees hat most a day and t 13. 50 more than 80 of Syrian Refugees the localliving below poverty level. Hat put together by Amnesty International and u. N. Refugee agency with this tweet, new data syrian neighbors are buckling under the strain other part ies must play their in the refugee crisis. You can see there the eighboring countries of with n, jordan and turkey taking on the most of these Syrian Refugees. Are your thoughts on these . Good morning, mark. Notice on am, i television a lot of these syrian they seem e men and to be around military age. Come of them may be carrying a child just to get guy. Few women and children. Our country had civil wars. Dont these 4 million plus people just revolt against their government and have a civil war . They cant become a burden on of the world. When they get inside a country or city like they did in france, have a lot of muslim communities there, and when they get inside a community, it a Muslim Community to nonmuslim here the inviting country cant even go their areas. I dont want to see that happening to america and on top maam, im a disabled american and im living 130 poverty level. So if i could do it, they can do it. Youre in texas. Texas is one of the states that the years has accepted refugees from all over the world. O you know any Refugee Families . Your area . Muslim no, but ive seen people here and there, you know. Do i have to personally know maam . Dy, i see a lot of poor people. Dont know what their nationalities might be or where africa. Ht be from or host no, not at all. Just wondering if you had any personal experience to share. To daniel in d. C. Democrat. You. Morning to caller good morning. That i wn thinking is think United States should accept the refugees. Of he first level approximation i would start with children, so im glad that you up the Human Rights Organization but there are a umber of them working to a lot of children have been orphaned by the conditions. Sometimes the west and the United States and in armies we r invading dont recognize our responsibilities to these areas once we leave. Have rights so much in that regard as we have responsibilities. For the radicalization, a lot of these children who were left orphaned are young and need the and the attention and i think the United States owes and they theyre not terrorists and not just human being who need help and aid and a lot doing. Was from our host leslie, your thoughts. Aller my thoughts are we got according to ann coaller at east 30 million illegals already. Were on the way becoming a third world country and i dont a way out. When theyre coming into europe theyll collapse their economy italy and greece. Greece is already a basket case now. On top of that i watched a show that showed a muslim coming through a terminal and he drew his finger across he was going to cut somebodys throat. I know there are radicals coming in. Cant afford to open our borders anymore. Ere on our way to being a third world right now. People are desperate in this country. People 90 million hunting for jobs. Perfect storm. An take a look, this was economic study for cleveland, ohio. 2013. October of but just gives you an idea of of refugees ic impact of coming into communities in the United States. This is from the executive this, y and they say approximately 600 refugees were and total of 012 4500 from 2000 to 2012. Arriving of refugees per year declined after 2011. Economies once refugees have i adjusted after resetlment they can provide contributions to the workforce in Economic Development in the long run at level. Ional study also goes on to say this, hat studies in the United States found that the refugees received government not aburdenhey were after they i adjusted. They ininvestigated the labor three results in sighteds, human, texas, Miami Florida and sacramento, california. The studies found that refugee mployment rates were high especially in houston and miami two years rage rates and 55 ry were 73, 77 respectively. Not refugees work in jobs covered the unemployment record uch as Domestic Work and landscaping services. That was donetudy here for cleveland put together as well showing city of impact on the cleveland showed that there was an increase in tax revenue in to the area from these folks paying taxes, sales et cetera and that many of them were able to get jobs, selfemployed, starting businesses et cetera. Thats one study just to give you an idea. But this issue of whether or not should be states accepting more refugees from the question was we posed here yesterday on the washington journal to senator republican of wisconsin and chairman of the Homeland Security and heres his response. I would want to see exactly what is put in place in terms of everybody we vet properly. That would be the first thing. Hat is the vetting process because we found we dont do a good job of that. We have a completely broken system here and we need to fix it. m happy to take a look at that. The real solution is we have got hopefullyadership and this will be a wakeup call to europe because theyve been standing back on this situation and they realize that the smart thing to do is develop and go in and stabilize syria. Ts not going to be risk free but take a look at the alternative. Take a look at these displaced and quite honestly that level of refugee flow to surrounding states that starts stabilizing other countries as well. A dangerous spillover effect. Concerns for about other countries and also for the United States. He was echoing comments made by mccall d security mike who said that the fbi has testified that we dont have the these databases on individuals to let them pass and allowing that t errorists come into the country. Morning d earlier this is the vetting process quite rigorous and could take up three years for approved. O be caller to start. 150, 160 states has billion people working. Just like the illegals, they say heyre not giving them any benefits. Whether the other day theyre americans are getting 38 of the benefits and were sick of these people our jobs and benefits and everything. Ive got kids out of work and get jobs for them and im kerrys daughter had high ies with iranian class officials in iran. Does that have anything to do with that. Theyre going to get all these benefits. Know them and ho they get all kinds of benefits the United States. Do you think . T caller how are you today . Host doing just fine. Caller ive been blind since birth and ill tell you, i dont we should let anymore refugees. Done tphf already . Host 1500 from syria . Listen, you well, and thats going to be way more than we can handle. Little t me tell you a bit about what the white house indicated yesterday. Heres from usa today. Faces no easy answers to syrian kracrisis. Allowing 5,000 more refugees in the u. S. Per year. The Obama Administration is increase a modest telling Congressional Committee it would raise the number of 5,000 a year beginning october 1st. Germany has proposed admitting than 500,000 and refugee would like to take 65,000. Even if obama lifts the ceiling capped at 70,000 a year and wide it takes years sometimes decades for displaced family to work their way through the background checks. Relief groups say the administration should do more to streamline that process. There are relief groups that want the United States to take 65. Is looking at year. More refugees per so the cap is 70 worldwide and raise it to ng to 75 so the next fiscal year. Let me add this. This is from the Houston Chronicle this morning. This is about spending bills. Congress is working on spending bills for each of the federal from rachel this is aid for ts that u. S. Refugees has big cuts under the even as a globe by the exodus by millions of people. Senates fiscal 2015 foreign reduce by 14 . Ld which currently is funded at under 3 billion. Lets go to mike. Republican. Mike. You are on the air. Good morning. Good morning. For taking my call. I think that this problem with we have to be very careful. Agree with senator johnson that these people have to be vetted very carefully if theyre going to come into this country i dont think i would take ny muslims, young men who have e potential of being terrorists. We have too much of a threat of those already. I also think but i do think that we should have more christians who andin dire trouble in syria are being massacred because of a ir faith and do not pose threat to us. Ost we spoke with congressman david price democrat of north care care yesterday. Heres what he had to say about refugees. More its a horrible tragedy syrian war that never ends and that we by the have any kind of diplomatic potential with iran and with other partners we need get that syrian conflict under control. These meantime there are thousands of refugees. Yes the u. S. Should do its part proper vetting and controls. Careful about security threats. But the European Countries need as well. P and we reaching history of out in war torn situations and we got to be part of that. 65,000 host caller i dont have a number right now. We have look at the overall numbers and look at what europes capable of. The u. S. Omething where does have a history that calls on us i think to respond. Host david price on the show alking about the refugee crisis. The Administration Says theyre raise the cap. Johnny, democrat. Johnny. Caller hello. What they should do is from the come over ign up to to the u. S. , the arabs, whoever should first fort braggs or fort hood or wherever and be trained. All themuslims that going into territory generalized statements. Good morning. Caller thanks. Say that theing to whole Immigration Crisis in problem is entire hypocritical because they were in the bombing syria first place making it a problem to ave to leave and come europe. Host who is responsible . Us. Er host okay. The United States. Hi, ne, hickory, kentucky, eugene. Caller good morning. Host morning. Caller were in a dire here. We wouldnt ave this problem if we had taken care of business in iraq. History, would check we have ind away leaving the job. Havent learned. Is echoed sentiment in the opinion page of the wall street journal. Chairman. New York Based Human Rights Foundation has this piece. Rewards of the obama doctrine. From the unceasing violence to Syrian Refugees streaming into europe its clear inaction can have terrible consequences. Its likely to have far reaching in every case of mr. Procrastination the response to criticism amounts to this, it could have been worse. Looking at the wreckage of the middle east it takes great things ion to see how would be worse today if the u. S. Obamas red mr. Line threat and moved against defied. Ter moscows over heated nuclear would to think ukraine be worse off if they moved immediately to secure the border as far as putin invaded crimea in 2014 and then the Washington Post this morning on russia. It has ow acknowledging assad. S aiding syrias haved caller i dont think that the should be es accepting anymore refugees. Ive been out to the midwest here they have a somalia population and they dont seem to be assimilating and theyve away the pledge of the allegiance. But i think st it we should take military action just like ron johnson said with the u. N. Or the european union. Think. What i caller good morning. m calling because i see a lot of callers are resistant towards refugees. These but maybe they should realize doctrine inthe bush the new world order that led to place oblem in the first and we should do more than our assimilate or ey not. Theyre refugees of war plus our nation a thats it. Host loretta, ohio. Good morning. Caller i think weve got all and immigration and everything we can handle. United states is almost a third country now. And were becoming a muslim im against and taking it the the christians no more muslims. Host how do you know all phuz terrorists caller because i just heard where isis has already planned them in with the refugees. Host why would that make all be s want caller well, they wont all be terrorists but there will be to change our way f living and it will be another and i dont agree that they dont get any social services. They get all the social services they need. What else can they do after they here. They have to keep them. Ost loretta mentioned immigration on the sout