Every morning when i wake up to do my work i think about exactly that. I want to talk about what Refugee Programs fit in the context of those threats. We heard Refugee Programs described as purely humanitarian and optional i am here among other things to suggest to you that the Refugee Program is a vital part of our Foreign Policy and National Security. Lets talk about the specific syriac case. The 4 million refugees now dispersed throughout the middle east and youre on the hole a victim of individuals sworn to destroy us in the United States. They are scattered in the middle east and europe, 400,000 syrian refugee children are not in school. They do not need to dwell long on what the consequences with Human Trafficking in radicalization, with risks of harms which should be intuitive to this body. Therefore refugee admissions are a critical element of regional stability stabilizing the regions where these individuals are located, an important consequence of the United States, with euro
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This is Aljazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. We begin again this morning with those rapidly spreading wildfires burning through towns in california. The flames forced 20,000 people to spend the night in makeshift shelters. The three largest fires have scorched 406 square miles, an area about the size of san antonio. The ruff and butte fires are burning to the north, 20 under control after consuming 600 homes. We are live in middletown, california this morning with the valley fire tearing through over the weekend. How are people coping with the devastation . We are back in middletown and you can see theres more wreckage of homes behind us, just by eyeballing it, i would say a third to half of homes in this town are completely droid. There are very few residents in middle town right now because officials have not let them back in. As early as today, they are going assess the damage of their homes. A lot of people do not know whether their homes l