Transcripts For WPVI Nightline 20160921

Pat toomey wrote the book. Im. Ive got a whole chapter in my book where i. Specifically lay out how i think we should. Reform Social Security. Toomeys plan requires wall street and bankers to manage. The accounts. Collecting fees out of your Social Security that could. Total billions. Fees they collect, even if the market crashes and. Seniors lose everything. Pat toomeys looking out for wall street, not pennsylvania. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. This is a special edition of nightline. Flash point refugees in america. This journey begins one year ago. The First Day School in one american town. And for this new first grader, that nervous look back. Go line up reporter chrysler elementary school. Modesto, california. And the welcome theyve been practicing in the main office. Salaam. Reporter two sisters signing in. Their passports on the counter. Halah is 6 years old. Her home in syria now burned to the ground. Welcome, halah. Reporter on her first grade door here in america, a sign in arabic. Can you read that . Hello, salaam alakum. This is halah. Hi, halah. Halah is very special because she is not from america. This is where syria is. Reporter our cameras roll as the children begin to ask simple questions about the girl named halah. What happened to syria . What happened to syria . Theres some not good things happening in syria right now. America is a safe place for them to be. Reporter no one could have predicted what was about to happen in towns across america when terror strikes around the world. Were letting in people that can potentially hurt our society as a whole. Reporter and all of it comes after this. That haunting picture of a syrian boy. His body washing up on the beach. The humanitarian crisis exploding. What to do with the Syrian Refugees . Just weeks after that searing image last september, we were there when halahs family arrived on that flight to america. Im very happy from my bottom to be an american. Reporter a crash course on life in america. Vaccination records, lease agreements reporter world relief. A resettlement agency. How not to flood the dishwasher. How to use the washer and dryer. How to get to walmart. We notice a smile when she discovers a familiar spice. Then theres halah who was taking it all in. Which one do you like . This is where the buses will stop, youll see a stop like this. Every one . Yeah, every bus has a number. Reporter there they sit on a journey in their new country. And we were about to check in. How are they now doing on their own . How are you . Can you give me five . Reporter down the short hallway to the bedrooms shared by the children. May i see . Reporter halahs older city ala proud to show me her School Notebook for geography. Syria. Do you miss home . I miss. You miss home. Where do you sleep . Here. Is that your School Picture . I like how you put your hand on your hip. Reporter her first sign of confidence. As her older sisters are now testing. Walking into high school in america. Were going to test them, their english ability. Put a line there, thats p. Refugees from the middle east arrive without even fully the ability to write. Reporter High School Teacher lindsay byrd runs the language institute. Im from afghanistan. Im from yemen. Maria is also from syria reporter maria would be a lifeline for those sisters escaped war. In halahs class say yellow. This one, yellow. Say yellow. Yellow. Red. Reporter the disconnect is daunting. There were a few mornings that she cried probably for a good hour and a half. Reporter halah, lost in her new world. But her father still remembers when halah was hurt in syria and there was no help to be found. Do you feel safe in america . Reporter but 45 days after they arrive in the u. S. , this. The attacks in paris. One of the attackers using a fake syrian passport, posing as a refugee. No paris in america no paris in america this has got to stop. They dont want to be americans. Reporter the political pressure mounts. The way the mayor did this was underhanded and conniving. We have to say no to that. Reporter suddenly 32 governors announce they will halt Syrian Refugees. And that syrian family in modesto is listening. Listen, they could be isis. I dont know. If i win, theyre going back. Theyre going back, im telling you. Theyre going back. Reporter in boise, idaho, we witness a flash point. This is about the safety of our citizens, our state, and our country reporter protesters angry over president obamas plan to accept 10,000 Syrian Refugees. Were not racist. Reporter the other side of the street, we welcome refugees. You are the terrorists you, why are you bringing fear . Reporter the protesters asking, how can we be sure who were letting in . We better watch our backs. Where is donald trump when we need him today . Wheres donald . Reporter living in that same town, a syrian refugee, a mother whose husband was kidnapped in syria, never to be seen again. She is now sensing danger here. I start to see people acting differently. I lock the doors, lock the windows. Somebody can attack us just because we are muslim or because we are syrian. Reporter then her son is attacked. He asked if they are muslim. My son, he said yes, im muslim. That american guy, he punch him in his face. He said, if i will see you downtown, i will kill you. Court is now in session. State of idaho versus Christopher Love reporter the 25yearold is charged with a hate crime and pleads guilty to a lesser charge. Sentenced to 68 days in jail. Hate crimes against muslims are now at their highest level since 9 11. When we come back, we travel to amman, jordan. The crush of syrian families waiting to come to america. But who is vetting them . What kind of documentation do they have, if any . 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The protests, the anger, growing in america. If you want to help somebody, help somebody thats outside this door right here. You dont need to go any further than that. Reporter the family of Syrian Refugees weve been following never thought it would come to modesto. We watch as the teachers suddenly change lesson plans. Raise your hand if you are aware of the attacks that happened in paris. Theres been a lot of very strong opinions on whether the United States should allow Syrian Refugees into our country. Donald trump, he said that if he wins hes going to send all Syrian Refugees back. Thats sad. Why do you think thats sad . Because like theyre over here, theyre all safe, then theyre going to send them back where they like where some had family members killed over there. Reporter aya sits with her head down. Good afternoon, boys and girls reporter amid simmering anger and suspicion across this country, we find 6yearold halah, now preparing for her first thanksgiving. Mr. Turkey, gobble, gobble who that is . Mr. Turkey reporter and ala, who is struggling with her english, is about to bravely tell mrs. Byrds High School Class about the horror her family endured and why for her first thanksgiving she is truly thankful. My uncle and his family fled from syria. But their boat sank. And his wife, two sons, and two daughters, dead. Reporter but her fate here in america has been far different. I am also thankful for the United States of america, for the reception of the refugees. Very good, excellent. We want to make sure that our students dont ever turn to hate. If you have any power at all, keep them out of our county. Thank you. Reporter we witness the anger now erupting right here in modesto. Theyre going to use this Refugee Resettlement to put their terrorist operatives in other nations. Reporter mary roverson, a mother, grandmother, now organizing the protest. We dont know who they are, what they are. Syria doesnt even have the proper documentation. Reporter right there, mrs. Byrd who finds herself not in her classroom but at that podium. I would like you to meet these students are i would like you to see their value. I do not think that hate and fear should redefine who we are as americans. When you hear some of the rhetoric in this country youre smiling. I would welcome those individuals into my classroom. Its obviously spoken from ignorance. I would invite anybody who subscribes to that meltity to spend one day in my classroom. Open invitation . Open invitation. She says, my classroom doors open at any time. Have you ever gone to those classes to see who these people are . No. What could you say to the refugees who point out theyre fleeing isis too . What im saying is we dont know who they truly are. Where do they put them . We need to put them in a place until we figure it out. I dont care if its a camp, whatever. Reporter and she points to what the fbi director james comey has said himself about vetting refugees. I describe it as a process thats gotten a lot better but that we cant tell you is riskfree. Reporter so we travel the 7,400 miles from modesto, california, to amman, jordan, to see the vetting process for ourselves. Here in jordan, across the syrian border, there are more than 600,000 Syrian Refugees. Despite the backlash back in the u. S. , so many of them are still desperate for the chance to go to america. Through this doorway, we immediately discover a crush of humanity. Refugee families already screened by the u. N. Now waiting to be interviewed by the u. S. How many interviews . Four interviews. Actually, five. Five interviews. They come through here . Yes. Reporter gina is with the u. S. State department. Theyre brought into a security screening area. Reporter for a vetting process that can last two years. We are taken to a hallway lined with small rooms and through the windows we can see family after family being interviewed. How can you possibly learn everything about a family through an interview . Id say that the interviewers are very highly trained. They are trained to look both not at the documentation but also for the credibility behind the applicants story. When you say documentation, this is syria. Theyve been at war for years now. What kind of documentation do they have, if any . Surprisingly, 97 of all adult applicants in our pipeline have valid syrian documentation. Reporter from here, they are screened through the terrorist watch list. The Intelligence Data base s bak in the u. S. And Homeland Security makes the final decision. There are times when it will flag you, a particular family, and they get pulled . Absolutely. The applicants at the airport, we have to prevent them from boarding the plane. Reporter tonight the u. S. State department selts of the 840,000 refugees admitted to the u. S. Since 9 11, a tiny fraction of 1 have been arrested or removed because of terrorism concerns. Critics say, still too many. Inside this room, the syrian families who have just been cleared for america. This is cultural orientation. Where theyre taught about their new home. The teacher asks them whats allowed in the u. S. And whats forbidden . She shows them a picture of a couple kissing in public. She asks them about drinking in america. Then she asks about polygamy. Asking if its legal in america. They begin to clap. The next lesson about america, the melting pot. Theyre asked a simple question. Which of these faces are american . Denzel washington. Beyonce. Reporter these families leaving within days. How many of you are excited to go to the United States . Give me one word that describes america to you. The land of chances. For americans who are worried about refugees coming to the u. S. . Theyre humans like you. We want to be one of you. So please accept us. Reporter we wondered if they had any questions for us. Well take that question with us back to the United States. Reporter and we journey across amman to find one more family. Were about to witness the moment they get their answer. Their home bombed in syria. They show me their homemade swing in the hallway. The children miss their playground back home. This is your playground . Yes. Reporter the u. S. State department then tells them theyre next. On september 6th. You will travel to kansas city, missouri. Reporter we watch as it sets in. Then a question for us. We show them on a map. Kansas city is a beautiful city. Its a beautiful city, and the baseball team, they won the world series. Reporter a smile from the son who loves sports. But we notice tears from one of the children. Her mother tells us she is sad to leave her friends yet again. David muir joins us now. I love that line, the land of chances. He had a chance to talk to one of the refugees who had a question for donald trump that you brought back to the states. We interviewed trump in recent days and asked him about Syrian Refugees. He said, done, no more, done. Those were his words. He said, we have no idea if theyre isis related. Hillary clinton says shes long been an advocate for stronger vets and her Campaign Still supports the notion we should be accepting refugees. The little one. Halah, in the beginning she couldnt say yellow for the teachers, so daunting. Youve got to see how it ends. All right. More when we come back. That means you get to try as much as you want. Of whatever flavors are calling your name. Seriously. Like new garlic srirachagrilled shrimp. Its a little spice. A little sizzle. And a lot just right. And try new parmesan peppercorn shrimp. Helloooo crispy goodness. And the classic. Handcrafted shrimp scampi. You cant get enough of . Still gonna floor you. It may be called endless. But that doesnt mean itll last. Im claudine and i quit smoking with chantix. By the time i was 30, i said thats it, im a smoker for life. I wanted to be a nonsmoker and i did it thanks to chantix. 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I speak english. Yellow . Say yellow . Reporter then halah. Who seemed so lost in that classroom when we first met her a year ago. Just listen to her english now. Of the flag of the United States of amic