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A significant vetting process more likely that a syrian terrorist could get here through a student visa or visitors visa thats how the 19 terrorists who engaged in the 9/11 attacks got here. none of them were refugees. none came through the refugee process. >> he makes a great point if he would worried about the 2,000s or so refugees come over in the last year maybe we should be worried how many countless came across our southern border and. >> every one of these ways into the country need to ha...

Interview. in addition, there is this report that one of the eight terrorists who struck here in paris six days ago got into this it country by embedding himself with syrian refugees. what can be done to make sure that does not happen in the united states? >> well, had this is comparing apples to oranges. because the process in europe is completely different than the process in the united states. in the united states it takes an average of 18 to 24 months for any refugee to come and be properly ...

Let discuss with rick francona, juliette and bob bair. good to have all of you on to speak about this. juliet to you first, it shows that 53% of americans say that we should not continue the program to settle up to 10,000 syrian refugees. should we stop this program? >> no, we should no. i think its incumbent on those of us who believe its is right thing to do not just morally and ethically but there are security reasons for continuing the program. i need to explain how rigorous it is. the long ...

Permanently, living there? >> to the united states or different countries who have committed to take a certain number of refugees. >> and the president had previously committed to 10,000 next wreyear. how do you make sure theres adequate screenings? to voice the concerns of governors who are saying, how can we be sure there isnt one person in there who is a terrorist? >> first of all, there is a screening during the determination of the refugee process. and for the resettlement program, there is...

Refugees. the u.s. leadership had been moving in the direction of letting in more. you see what happened here and the investigative findings about at least one, if not more, had been infiltrating through the refugee process. what do you think is the right balance, sir? >> there are people on my side of the aisle who say if you stop the refugees from coming to america, that fixes the problem. theres about 20 different ways to get to america. refugees are just one of 20 lanes. shutting that lane d...

>> do we have a good understanding of what the breakdown is? is it the united nations? if you listen to people who are critical of open borders, very critical of the refugee process, they will tell you 70% of them are single males and present a threat as possible foreign fighters or disaffected people that will wreak havoc. and then you talk to people that work with refugees in the refugee camps and they said the majority are women and children, and displaced families. what do we know for sure? ...

Targeting, versus who the united states wants to target are completely at odds an who they say they are targeting and actually targeting are different things. these are middle-class people now. many of whom speak english, have professional skills are pouring out by the tens of thousands. >> right. you have to understand, as well. in syria, before the war started it was a middle-class country by and large. a high education and income. this war struck the lives of these people living normal lives....

Terrorists actually were part of the syrian refugee process that isis themselves said they want to exploit, infiltrate the west. this causes grave concern about the whole refugee program. as the president of the united states looks to bring tens of thousands of these syrian refugees into the united states. i would hope he would take a second look and suspend this and put a moratorium on this until weve had a better chance to see whether or not were putting americans at risk. ive had the f.b.i. t...

Those investigations of suspicious people in these states or actual operations that have happened and rounded up people? >> its a total of 900 investigations against potentially isis plotters and isis people who are radicalizing in the united states, either over the internet or foreign fighters who traveled back. so i think thats the greatest threat to the homeland right now, the f.b.i. and homeland have done a great job of stopping most of this. as we saw in chattanooga, they only have to be ri...

Them. >> well, had a couple of complicated mixed and contrary feelings when i heard this news today from the white house. first of all, 1,500 to 10,000 is numerically a large increase in terms of what the united states is planning on taking in. proportionally, 10,000 is very small compared to what were seeing from other similar countries and big strong economies. i also had feelings about the refugee process, in terms of the way its designed in the united states, it takes a long time. takes a ye...