ms. richard: yes. anyone who has any doubts about anyone who we think might pose a threat to the united states, any possible way, is not allowed to come in. rep. goodlatte: do you agree with that, mr. rodriguez? mr. rodriguez: i do agree. rep. goodlatte: how about you? >> i agree. rep. goodlatte: i am sure that you disagree with his testimony that it is not sufficient. ms. richard: what director call ey does not say is that it is normal or the u.s. government to have no information -- rep. goodlatte: that is not true. he was in this committee and said that there is a huge difference between the syrian population and the iraqi population. intelligence on the iraqi population. ms. richard: the reason is that iraqis and afghan programs were not in normal rescue programs. we take people who have served from the u.s. military and worked alongside our troops from iraq. there is a great deal of information about them available. rep. goodlatte: reclaiming my time -- he has testified again and again and again t

ms. richard: yes. anyone who has any doubts about anyone who we think might pose a threat to the united states, any possible way, is not allowed to come in. rep. goodlatte: do you agree with that, mr. rodriguez? mr. rodriguez: i do agree. rep. goodlatte: how about you? >> i agree. rep. goodlatte: i am sure that you disagree with his testimony that it is not sufficient. ms. richard: what director call me does not say is that it is normal or the u.s. government to have no information -- rep. goodlatte: that is not true. he was in this committee and said that there is a huge difference between the syrian population and the iraqi population. intelligence on the iraqi population. ms. richard: the reason is that iraqis and afghan programs were not in normal rescue programs. we take people who have served from the u.s. military and worked alongside our troops from iraq. there is a great deal of information about them available. rep. goodlatte: reclaiming my he has testified again and again and again that we d

ms. richard, my question to you is this. year we have admitted 1700 refugees from syria just in the last several months. how many of those 1700 refugees have been arrested for committing a crime? >> so we have brought 1700 the last fiscal year which ended september 30. 2000 since the beginning of the crisis. as far as i know none of been arrested. >> do you track all the refugees from syria including the 1700s so you would've? >> we do not track them after the first three months when it into the united states. i rely on the law enforcement agencies to tell us. >> and so far as you know none of the 17 have been arrested? >> i haven't heard of any. >> as far as stopping after three months are going to stop tracking the 10,000 proposed to be admitted next year after three months, and 20,000 perhaps the year after? when are you going to stop tracking them? >> once refugees are in the united states, after a year of being here, they become legal permanent residents. and after five years they are loud speakers i understand the. i'm

ms. richard?hank you very much, senator johnson, senator carper, all the senators on this important committee for holding this hearing today on the impact of isis on the homeland and refugee resettlement. i have provided some testimony that talks about the humanitarian assistance we provide overseas, the diplomacy in the humanitarian area. working with other countries but what i would like to focus on right away is the refugee resettlement process. i know the attacks in paris last friday evening raised many questions about the spillover of not just migrants to europe but also the spread of violence from war zones in the middle east to the streets of a major european capital. let me assure you that the executive branch and the state department i represent here today has the safety and security of americans as our highest priority. as an essential fundamental part of the u.s. refugee admissions program we screen applicants rigorously and carefully in an effort to ensure that no one that poses a thre

ms. richards here. i think everybody on this committee appreciates the fact that you are taking up a time to lay out that reality to the american public. refugees could pose a risk. boldly we take a look at what the vetting process could be and we take a look at all the risks, we may find that there are far -- all the risks, we may find that there are far greater risks . whether it is the visa waiver program or student visas, what types of controls, , how we exposed because of the openness of our society? i think all of these are very important questions and they definitely need to be explored. if you really want to take a look at where we are most vulnerable, this committee has dedicated itself to border security. we have held 12 separate hearings on that problem, trying to lay out the complexity, the difficult nature of that problem. the conclusion that certainly i have come to, and i think most security -- most committee members have come to, is that our borders are not secure. senator carper and i m

ms. richard and mr. staal, i wanted to give you an opportunity in case you had any concluding statements that you would like to make. >> you know, you'll notice that we all said that we're able to do this with the bipartisan support of congress. and we actually say that to people in other country's, too and explain to them no matter what they hear about washington, this program actually has benefited year in and year out by bicameral, bipartisan support. and it's my desire to keep it that way. and i appreciate both of you sticking this out to the end here. and your help to help us to keep it that way. because, i think there is a risk that as we bring more people and as there's more press attention to the program, and attention during a presidential campaign season that people could start misinterpreting the goals of this. this is an american program. it's a fine american administration. i think most americans should take pride in both our overseas humanitarian endeavors and our domestic ones. so thank yo

ms. richard. each person would have to be independently certified. here is a long list of persons that must do the certification. richard: i haven't spent much time looking at the bell since it is brand-new. we do have interviews for cases. the interviews that csi s carries out. chairman: the latest time has expired. -- the ladies time has expired. king: you take into account the religion of the applicants? rodriguez: religion is one of the categories of persecution but we do not disqualify anyone because of their faith. king: you asked them what is the religion? rodriguez: if that is the basis of their persecution. king: can you explain to me, and i was in the kurdish region on the front lines and over to turkey and into hungary in croatia. i said take me to the camps where i can talk to persecuted christians. and they could do that. the christians are being taken into the homes. out to be almost exclusively muslims that are in the camp's. can you name from a right and if a suicidal terrorist that was not a muslim? rodriguez: what i can talk about ki

ms. richard and mr. like to make. >> you know, you'll notice we all said we're able to do this with the bipartisan support of congress. we actually say that to people in other countries, too, and explain to them that no matter what they hear in washington, this program has actually benefited year in and year out from bikamcabicameral, bipartis support. it's my desire to keep it that way i appreciate both of you sticking this out to the end here. and your help to help us to keep it that way. because i think there is a risk that as we bring more people and as there's more press attention to the program and attention during a presidential campaign season that people could start misinterpreting the goals of this. this is an american program. it's a fine american tradition. i think most americans should take pride in both our overseas humanitarian endeavors and our domestic ones. thank you, in advance, for the help you're giving us with your colleagues to continue the strong support we get. thank you very muc

ms. richard, do you have any closing comments? ms. richard: yes, sir, thank you.i want to assure senator mccaskill that another way for us to help make america safer is to work with europeans to make their own border safer and that's something that is an active discussion right now overseas. senator peters asked about the 23,000 who had been referred to us, and we have brought 2,000 to the united states but we continue to review cases and we'll get new referrals. and it's really more of a pipeline that people are flowing through. senator tester asked, how many have been denied? and worldwide -- sorry i didn't tell him this when he was here. under our current screening -- worldwide it's about 80% are approved. 20%, so one in five are denied. and so i don't have specifics by nationalities. the issue about the f.b.i. having no holdings, it is normal for the u.s. government to have very little information about most refugees at the beginning of the resettlement process. refugees are, after all, innocent civilians who fled war zones. iraq and afghanistan are the except

ms. richard leiter. the president of paramount hotels inquiry. we have three hotels.he herbert h and 161 powell, spalding hotel at 240 o'farrell the park hotel at 325 seven. we also probably whole which is in brewhouse at 242 o'farrell. to reiterate what karen fletcher sponging were conditionally supportive of the good our hotel is right across from the entrance of agent. it's between o'farrell and ellis should. we basically been limited from any type of loading last year to give you an example, all boutique hotel we cater of axis iii and 25,000 of the city in tax. so if you multiply that times 8000 rooms in and around union square is substantial amount of money. to emphasize the purpose of my comments today you can make sure we will be due long-term improvement something very similar to what is been done between ellis and market street the table card turn on. melinda ris when the mta comes to us and says would've put something down and remastered there is no question the merchants need some sort of axis for deliveries but at the same time for passengers [inaudible] i

ms. richard leiter. the president of paramount hotels inquiry. we have three hotels.he herbert h and 161 powell, spalding hotel at 240 o'farrell the park hotel at 325 seven. we also probably whole which is in brewhouse at 242 o'farrell. to reiterate what karen fletcher sponging were conditionally supportive of the good our hotel is right across from the entrance of agent. it's between o'farrell and ellis should. we basically been limited from any type of loading last year to give you an example, all boutique hotel we cater of axis iii and 25,000 of the city in tax. so if you multiply that times 8000 rooms in and around union square is substantial amount of money. to emphasize the purpose of my comments today you can make sure we will be due long-term improvement something very similar to what is been done between ellis and market street the table card turn on. melinda ris when the mta comes to us and says would've put something down and remastered there is no question the merchants need some sort of axis for deliveries but at the same time for passengers [inaudible] i

ms. richard leiter. the president of paramount hotels inquiry. we have three hotels.he herbert h and 161 powell, spalding hotel at 240 o'farrell the park hotel at 325 seven. we also probably whole which is in brewhouse at 242 o'farrell. to reiterate what karen fletcher sponging were conditionally supportive of the good our hotel is right across from the entrance of agent. it's between o'farrell and ellis should. we basically been limited from any type of loading last year to give you an example, all boutique hotel we cater of axis iii and 25,000 of the city in tax. so if you multiply that times 8000 rooms in and around union square is substantial amount of money. to emphasize the purpose of my comments today you can make sure we will be due long-term improvement something very similar to what is been done between ellis and market street the table card turn on. melinda ris when the mta comes to us and says would've put something down and remastered there is no question the merchants need some sort of axis for deliveries but at the same time for passengers [inaudible] i

ms. richard leiter. the president of paramount hotels inquiry. we have three hotels.he herbert h and 161 powell, spalding hotel at 240 o'farrell the park hotel at 325 seven. we also probably whole which is in brewhouse at 242 o'farrell. to reiterate what karen fletcher sponging were conditionally supportive of the good our hotel is right across from the entrance of agent. it's between o'farrell and ellis should. we basically been limited from any type of loading last year to give you an example, all boutique hotel we cater of axis iii and 25,000 of the city in tax. so if you multiply that times 8000 rooms in and around union square is substantial amount of money. to emphasize the purpose of my comments today you can make sure we will be due long-term improvement something very similar to what is been done between ellis and market street the table card turn on. melinda ris when the mta comes to us and says would've put something down and remastered there is no question the merchants need some sort of axis for deliveries but at the same time for passengers [inaudible] i

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