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>> shouldn't it matter where they're coming from? isn't there a basic litmus test we can apply when we're at war? >> when it comes to refugees, there is a filter put in place. in fact, we have an extraordinary system >> extraordinary. >> indeed we have. >> you say extraordinary system, but the american people don't feel that way. >> well, you know something? with all the fear and hate mongering, i would see that. and -- >> i'm not fear mongering. it's the facts. >> no, the facts are that we have taken in over 785,000 refugees since 9/11. only 12 have had to be returned. we've taken in 1200 syr...

Population. and spread their version of -- in these countries. what we're about here is building a culture in america that honor americanism. and people that want to come here to become american and then can co-contribute to country. we should welcome them. but if they -- >> 785,000 refugees have come into the united states since 911. about a dozen arrest order removed because they were involved in terrorism a 1 in 100,000 chance. so certainly you have refugees coming to do exactly what you say, americanism. i just don't see the factual basis for excluding an entire class of desperate people. ...

The bigger the state, the more likely they'll get these refugees. now let's look at the big picture. there's 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, it's not easy to get into america via the refugee process. let me walk you through how this works just with syria. the united nations has referred just over 23,000 syrian refugees to the united states. of those 23,000, 7,0...

Anything, is to be done about it here. the main concern of fact versus fiction, when we go through this is, where are they? okay, here's where refugees have been taken, ranna, how long have we been accepting refugees into this country? >> well, many years, just since 9/11, there's been 785,000 refugees brought in. in many different states. 136 different states, 138 deferent cities. all over the country, for some time, now. >> since 9/11. >> since 9/11. >> almost 900,000. the number of arrests literally, statistically, impossible to quantify. maybe two or three. >> twelve have been either arres...

Likely they'll get these refugees. now let's look at the big picture. there's 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, it's not easy to get into america via the refugee process. let me walk you through how this works just with syria. the united nations has referred just over 23,000 syrian refugees to the united states. of those 23,000, 7,000 of them were thought to be w...