Tag: Syria

The United States is under no obligation to accept anyone from well-established terrorist hot spots. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Trump’s executive order will keep America safe

Rep. Brian Babin · January 31, 2017 8:54 pm

A Syrian boy waits in a queue with his mother as hundred of Syrian families wait to register at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Beltway Confidential

Views on Trump’s immigration order from a ‘lost boy’ from South Sudan, two Syrian refugees, a Sudanese mother of six, and a refugee from Somalia

Daniel Allott · January 31, 2017 8:25 pm

"I had a very good conversation with Secretary Kelly to make sure that we separate fact from myth, that we make sure the confusion gets cleared up pretty quickly," Ryan, R-Wis., said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Ryan seeks assurances from Kelly on botched immigration order rollout

Susan Ferrechio · January 31, 2017 4:42 pm

Political leaders in California have said they will not enforce any of Trump's orders on sanctuary cities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s disorderly executive order on refugees

Saikrishna Prakash · January 31, 2017 1:00 am

A Syrian woman with her kids remove the snow from the entrance of her tent, at an informal refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Marj near the border with Syria, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. President Donald Trump has barred all refugees from entering the United States for four months, and indefinitely halted any from Syria, saying the ban is needed to keep out "radical Islamic terrorists." (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right to push for safe zones in Syria

Philippe Nassif · January 31, 2017 12:00 am

Trump's executive order is "harming thousands of Washington residents," says Washington AG Bob Ferguson. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Washington state to sue over Trump’s immigration order

Kelly Cohen · January 30, 2017 6:59 pm

Rep. Himes called the executive order on immigration "profoundly dangerous to the security of this country." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Democrats blast Trump’s immigration order on the House floor

Nicole Duran · January 30, 2017 6:30 pm

"I am struck by the double standard and hypocrisy of those who are offended by this executive order, but who failed to challenge President Obama when he took similar action against Cuban refugees," Rep. Diaz-Balart said. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Diaz-Balart: Where was the outrage when Obama blocked Cubans?

Susan Ferrechio · January 30, 2017 5:17 pm

The screening process for Syrian refugees is much more rigorous than for other visitors coming to the U.S. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Here’s what refugees go through to resettle in the US

Karen Jacobsen · January 30, 2017 3:54 pm

President Donald Trump, left, accompanied by National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, right, and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, speaks on the phone with King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump talks with Saudi king about Islamic terrorism and refugees

Alex Pappas · January 29, 2017 9:39 pm

"We see tonight what I believe is a clear violation of the Constitution," Booker said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Booker: Trump refugee ban is ‘clear violation of the Constitution’

Caitlin Yilek · January 29, 2017 3:36 pm

Gabbard is by no means the first Democrat to float the idea of impeachment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Gabbard: ‘Shared interest’ of crushing Islamic State could unite Assad, Trump

Anna Giaritelli · January 28, 2017 3:37 am