Not to be dissuaded from such silly national security concerns, 14 U.S. senators, led by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, have written a letter to Obama urging him to allow 65,000 Syrians
-- Examiner.com
The United States allows 70,000 people from all over the world to obtain legal permanent residence through our Refugee Program--one of the most generous in the world. We also bring in another 40,000 or so through the Asylum program. Then there is the Special Immigrant Visa for people from Iraq and Afghanistan--about 10,000 in FY 2014--and a Cuban/Haitian Entrant program bringing in another 20,000 annually. That adds up to about 140,000.
