What a Responsible Syrian Refugee Policy Looks Like for US After Paris Attacks

Nov. 18, 2015
Good morning from Washington, D.C., where Congress is grappling with President Obama's plan to take in at least 10,000 refugees from Syria, despite the Islamist terrorist attacks in Paris. Josh Siegel reports on a gathering consensus to "pause" that effort. In a commentary, Heritage Foundation national security experts lay out why the president should listen to wary governors and lawmakers. And a professor writes that the recent campus unrest, unlike that of the '60s, is about power.
Commentary What a Responsible Syrian Refugee Policy Looks Like for US After Paris Attacks One issue that has moved front and center is whether terrorists are able to enter the United States while posing as Syrian refugees. Read More
News GOP Lawmakers Prepare to Order 'Pause' to Syrian Refugees Entering US Feeling pressure to respond to President Barack Obama's ongoing plan to resettle Syrian refugees to the United States, House and Senate Republican lawmakers on Tuesday united around the idea of pausing such admissions into the country. Read More
Commentary After Paris Attacks, It's Clear France Has Paid High Price for Abandoning Assimilation France's elites decided to indulge in self-defeating ennui and gave up on assimilation. Read More
Commentary A Professor's Take: College Student Protests Echo 1960s Protests Recent student protests, which began at the University of Missouri and at Yale, are likely to spread across the country, given the reactions of both universities' administrations. Read More
Commentary How the Byrd Rule Could Affect Attempts to Defund Planned Parenthood Through Reconciliation Those following the debate over Planned Parenthood funding and recent efforts to repeal Obamacare may have heard or read about something lately called the "Byrd Rule." Read More
News Organic Farmer Alleges in New Lawsuit 'Terrorizing Harassment' From Environmentalists Virginia environmentalists and big landowners have made a concerted effort to interfere with the business activities of an organic farmer, claims a new lawsuit describing harassment that comes close to stalking. Read More
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