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| https://bridenstine.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=593 | Congressman Jim Bridenstine Supports SAFE Act | 2015-11-19 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Republican | House | OK | Jim Bridenstine | B001283 | bridenstine.house.gov | legacy | Today, I voted for H.R. 4038, the American SAFE Act. While this is a good first step, it does not go far enough. Senior FBI and Homeland Security officials have testified to Congress that its impossible to fully screen prospective refugees for terrorist affiliation, especially those coming from disintegrated states and failed governments. Further, the American SAFE Act limits such "enhanced" screenings solely to Iraqi and Syrian refugees. This provisionignores the fact that ISIS has affiliatesacross the Middle East, North Africa, andSouthwest Asia and plans to smuggle terrorists in through our broken southern border. Just yesterday, Honduras arrested five Syrians using stolen Greek passports. We should suspend refugee admissions until Congress has sufficient assurances to restart the program. Along with over 60 of my colleagues, I signed a letter to Speaker Ryan demandingthat the impending trilliondollar omnibus spending bill include a provision which suspends refugee program funding.I am also drafting an omnibus rider to defund the Office of Refugee Resettlement, an agency which is unaccountable toCongress andhelps resettle illegal aliens. We are under no obligation to importpossibleterrorists to replay the Paris attacks in America. Consistent with U.S. security interests, the best way to help refugees fleeing ISIS is to (1) rapidly defeat ISIS and (2) resettle the maximum number of refugees in the safest areas closest to Syria and Iraq. For the cost of resettling one refugee in the United States, we can resettle 12 refugees in other countries. The United States should help the most people using our limited refugee resettlement resources. We should pause refugee admissions into the United States and redirect resources toward resettling refugees in third-party countries closer to their homes. -- 30 -- | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |