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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 program. >> that means americans will die. that's how i interpret that. >> absolutely. >> again, i.c.e. ag...

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, isn't that a real clear, present danger to every american to allow these people in? >> well, i believe it does, sean. i sent a letter to the dni, fbi, secretary of homeland. the dni director of national intelligence responded that ...

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, isn't that a real clear, present danger to every american to allow these people in? >> well, i believe it does, sean. i sent a letter to the dni, fbi, secretary of homeland. the dni director of natio...

>> somebody in the administration. >> that's just not true. >> yit's almost impossible to come into this country. >> give me a a second and i'll 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. you're making a case for refugee vetting, which many people will appreciate. it's very exhaustive. however, what we're dpeealing wh now is ignoring what you just stated as fact, which is that it's tough to get through the refugee program in saying even still we need to keep them out. >> it's tough if you'...

Something. >> he didn't set a policy. he is letting them in. >> there was a policy set by somebody in the midagency. >> that's just not true. >> if you happen to be a christian in syria, it's almost impossible to come into this country. if you're a muslim, you can get in. why is that, chris. >> i'll explain it to you. the refugee process is onerous. they have to go through the onhrc first. you're making the case for refugee vetting. many people will appreciate that. it takes a long time, it's exhaustive. what we're dealing in the country right now, is ignoring what you just stated as fact, whi...