{"id":2235978,"date":"2024-05-02T20:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T00:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-raise-national-security-threat-concerns-over-admitting-gazan-refugees\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T20:09:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T00:09:24","slug":"republicans-raise-national-security-threat-concerns-over-admitting-gazan-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-raise-national-security-threat-concerns-over-admitting-gazan-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans express fears of national security risks in accepting Gazan refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-raise-national-security-threat-concerns-over-admitting-gazan-refugees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2235978&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republicans\u200b express concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-spox-largest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-are-u-s-cops\/\" title=\"State Dept Spox: \u2018Largest Threat to U.S. National Security are U.S. Cops\u2019\">national security threats<\/a> from\u200b Gazan refugees,\u200d questioning the Biden administration&#8217;s plan to\u2063 admit them. Senators Tom Cotton and Joni Ernst\u2062 worry about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-announces-end-to-ad-selling-based-on-individual-web-browsing\/\" title=\"Google Announces End To Ad-Selling Based On Individual Web Browsing\">potential risks<\/a>, citing the need for thorough\u200b vetting\u200b processes. They highlight\u2063 past failures, like the unvetted\u200d Kabul airlift, \u200cas reasons for their apprehension.\u2063 Your summary aptly captures the Republicans&#8217; apprehensions regarding the admission of Gazan refugees by\u2063 the Biden administration. Senators Tom Cotton and Joni Ernst emphasize\u200c the importance of stringent vetting procedures due to concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-announces-new-restrictions-on-advanced-tech-investment-in-china\/\" title=\"New limits on China's advanced tech investment announced by White House.\">national security \u2062risks<\/a>. \u2063They point\u2062 to previous incidents, such as\u2063 the unvetted Kabul airlift, to\u200c support their doubts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republican senators pushed government intelligence officials to better guard Americans from national security threats, including Hamas terrorists, who could seek to enter the United States under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Sens. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-cotton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tom Cotton<\/a> (R-AR) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joni-ernst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joni Ernst<\/a> (R-IA) raised significant concerns during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday that the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/palestinian-refugees-us-gaza-white-house\/#:~:text=The%20Biden%20administration%20is%20considering,documents%20obtained%20by%20CBS%20News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a> plan to accept <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/refugees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>refugees<\/a> from Gaza, in particular, could open the U.S. to bigger problems despite existing screening and vetting protocols for immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA recent poll found that 71% of Gazans viewed Hamas\u2019s brutal attack on Israel, including the rape of innocent women, their murder of children, and their murder of and capture of Americans as \u2018the correct decision,&#8217;\u201d Ernst said, a reference to a Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/poll-over-70-palestinians-still-maintain-hamas-correct-to-commit-oct-7-atrocities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a>. \u201cAnd yet our president is considering an action to bring Gazan refugees to our homeland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ernst asked Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and the Air Force Defense Intelligence Agency director, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, if the proposed White House action would definitely not put Americans at risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process for bringing individuals into the United States includes a very significant vetting process that would be the kind of process I would expect to occur and so therefore, that would mitigate against any concern,\u201d Haines said.<\/p>\n<p>Ernst fired back and pointed to the Biden administration\u2019s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2874559\/tens-of-thousands-entered-us-unvetted-after-kabul-airlift-officials-say-in-memo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>airlift<\/a> tens of thousands of Afghans from Kabul in 2021 as an example of the government\u2019s failure to identify and vet people being brought into the country.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2874559\/tens-of-thousands-entered-us-unvetted-after-kabul-airlift-officials-say-in-memo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>exposed<\/a> the botched security operation in late 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1786126440377040901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"suggested\">suggested<\/a> that admitting refugees from Gaza could lead to an Oct. 7-style attack on the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on the assertion Thursday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, \u201cI obviously disagree with that statement.\u201d While she didn\u2019t speak to the Gaza refugee plan specifically, she said vetting those coming into the United States \u201cis something that we take very, very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cotton echoed Ernst\u2019s concerns and called such an idea to bring in Gazans an \u201cinsane\u201d proposal.<\/p>\n<p>But Cotton was more concerned about illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border after Hamas\u2019s October 2023 attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince then, do you think that there may be an even greater surge of Islamic extremists trying to come across our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-blasts-biden-for-halting-wall-construction-paying-contractors-billions-to-babysit-metal\/\" title=\"GOP Senator Blasts Biden For Halting Wall Construction: Paying Contractors Billions To \u2018Babysit Metal\u2019\">open southern border<\/a>?\u201d Cotton asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t seen Hamas directing, essentially, folks or others in the region to come into the United States to engage in attacks from the Gaza conflict,\u201d Haines said. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean that obviously, this isn\u2019t something that can develop over time, but we\u2019re not seeing that related to the Gaza conflict.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely, you know, appropriate to be vigilant on these issues,\u201d Haines continued.<\/p>\n<p>Cotton noted that in San Diego, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faced-with-a-coming-wave-of-illegal-immigration-bidens-plan-is-simply-to-open-the-border\/\" title=\"Faced With A Coming Wave Of Illegal Immigration, Biden\u2019s Plan Is Simply To Open The Border\">federal border officials<\/a> have been put on alert to be on the lookout for \u201cforeign fighters\u201d of the Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican senators urged intelligence officials to enhance protection against national security threats like Hamas terrorists potentially entering the U.S. under the Biden administration. Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) highlighted these worries during a Senate Armed Services Committee session, questioning the reported approach of the Biden administration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2235979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-02-at-4.22.57%E2%80%AFPM-1024x602.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2235978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-02-at-4.22.57%E2%80%AFPM-1024x602.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2235978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2235978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2235978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2235978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}