"Sarah Towle joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her book "Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands" where she writes about how unwelcoming our government is to...
Valerie Lacarte, Ph.D., Aug. 2024 "The charge that immigrants are taking jobs from U.S.-born Black workers has made its way from conspiracy circles to the broader public conversation this election...
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Elizabeth Neumann, NFAP, Jan. 25, 2022
"Over the last two decades, security and law enforcement professionals at all levels have worked to establish, improve and utilize robust security and vetting procedures for individuals admitted as refugees to the United States. These policies and procedures have been reviewed, enhanced and strengthened repeatedly. The procedures provide adequate security for the United States to welcome refugees without fear of a terrorist attack. It is in America’s national security, foreign policy and economic interests to welcome refugees and it can be done without harming national security. This paper serves as a primer for understanding the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, the National Security Community’s Screening and Vetting Enterprise – including continual improvements over the past 20 years and explanation of “extreme vetting” – and the current risks as understood by security professionals."