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Threat to america. and i want to play this cut from chair mike mccall. listen to what he says that isis has this plan to infiltrate this population. >> isis has said in their own words, they want to exploit the refugee process. to infiltrate the west and they did exactly that to attack paris. i can reveal today that the united states government has information to indicate that individuals tied to terrorist groups in syria have tamted to ga attempted to gain access through the u.s. refugee progra...

Country through the u.s. refugee program. that was house homeland security chairman mike mccaul yesterday issuing a dire warning about our national security. he joins us now to explain. if you could now reveal today that our government has information indicating that isis or al qaeda, those with terror ties, have already tried to infiltrate the refugee population, isnt that a real clear, present danger to every american to allow these people in? >> well, i believe it does, sean. i sent a lette...

Attempted to gain access to our country through the u.s. refugee program. that was house homeland security chairman mike mccaul yesterday issuing a dire warning about our national security. he joins us now to explain. if you could now reveal today that our government has information indicating that isis or al qaeda, those with terror ties, have already tried to infiltrate the refugee population, isnt that a real clear, present danger to every american to allow these people in? >> well, i belie...

>> somebody in the administration. >> thats just not true. >> yits almost impossible to come into this country. >> give me a a second and ill explain it to you. the refugee process is onerous. they have to go through the unhc and can take months or years. then it comes to the u.s. vetting. youre making a case for refugee vetting, which many people will appreciate. its very exhaustive. however, what were dpeealing wh now is ignoring what you just stated as fact, which is that its tough to get thr...

Something. >> he didnt set a policy. he is letting them in. >> there was a policy set by somebody in the midagency. >> thats just not true. >> if you happen to be a christian in syria, its almost impossible to come into this country. if youre a muslim, you can get in. why is that, chris. >> ill explain it to you. the refugee process is onerous. they have to go through the onhrc first. youre making the case for refugee vetting. many people will appreciate that. it takes a long time, its exhaustiv...

Latinos, now muslims. ive been quite critical. because thats not the party that i know. i just saw an e-mail from my friend michael reagan, who said this is not the party of reagan either. and donald trump doesnt represent republican values and i do, and others do as well. when you start talking about how well destroy isis rather than these grandiose statements that really mean nothing. >> couple weeks ago, when you were on the big show on "meet the press," you had said you wanted to prioritize ...

We want them to come here to wlish their beliefs freely. and so i think that donald trump is certainly not expressing and understanding of the constitution, and understanding of the history, and understanding of the american values, and he really is disqualified from someone who is in charge of the free world. >> leaving trump aside for the moment, and do you, senator, believe that enough is being done to screen people when they come into the united states? >> certainly a big debate over the ref...

It can make a very big difference in not only somebodys life but in the life of a local community. >> obviously the refugee process is something thing ahas a hand in. yes, you have to wait for the nhcr to do its vetting in the case of the syrian refugees specifically before you do your own. what do you make of the fear that one of them could want to chop my head off? people dont want the syrian refugees here. youre seeing it in polls.ç whats your reaction? >> let me allay the fear. thats most ...

Stumble in through the refugee process. i agree we could do more and have greater intelligence in syria which allows us to have great y greater insight to who comes over, and not just our status of being the nation that lets people in, who are vulnerable and desperate. >> and let me bring a statistic to you gentlemen. on sunday, i had professor brian levin on our show. he made the point that since 9/11 this country has taken in about 784,000 refugees. and out of those there have been three indiv...

The bigger the state, the more likely theyll get these refugees. now lets look at the big picture. theres been nearly 785,000 refugees who have been admitted to the united states since 9/11. only about a dozen -- roughly one one thousandths of 1% -- have been arrested or removed from the u.s. due to terrorism concerns. none of those folks removed were syrian. the fact is, its not easy to get into america via the refugee process. let me walk you through how this works just with syria. the united ...