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struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)
Sat Nov 14, 2015, 04:56 AM Nov 2015

Ben Carson: Ban Middle Eastern Refugees

BY LAUREN KELLEY
November 13, 2015

In the wake of the attacks in Paris that left at least 150 people dead Friday, according to news reports, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson argued that the United States should block Middle Eastern refugees from coming into the country ...

Speaking to a group of Republican Party activists at an event Friday evening, Carson said, "If we're going to be bringing 200,000 people over here from that region — if I were one of the leaders of the global jihadist movement and I didn't infiltrate that group of people with my people, that would be almost malpractice" ...


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/ben-carson-ban-middle-eastern-refugees-after-paris-attacks-20151113

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Ben Carson: Ban Middle Eastern Refugees (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2015 OP
And you, Ben Carson, know malpractice uppityperson Nov 2015 #1
Plus 1 safeinOhio Nov 2015 #2
It Doesn't Take A Brain Surgeon......... left on green only Nov 2015 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author 6chars Nov 2015 #4
What is to prevent a jihadist from infiltrating a refugee group? NobodyHere Nov 2015 #5
possibly vetted SereneG Nov 2015 #6

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NobodyHere

(2,810 posts)
5. What is to prevent a jihadist from infiltrating a refugee group?
Sat Nov 14, 2015, 05:26 AM
Nov 2015

Not saying they have but I don't know what would prevent them.

 

SereneG

(31 posts)
6. possibly vetted
Sat Nov 14, 2015, 06:20 AM
Nov 2015

[They will be vetted before coming from Europe and that will take about a year minimum. So, let's not worry for now. And yes, ISIS is cunning enough to pose as refugees, but let's not forget the legitimate ones.

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