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How could a refugee from Iraq with ties to ISIS slip through to U.S.?

When he applied for refugee status in the United States, Omar Abdulsattar Ameen told officials he was fleeing persecution in his native Iraq. He was cleared by federal officials to immigrate in 2014 and eventually settled in Sacramento, where he worked as an auto mechanic to make ends meet. But authorities say Ameen’s dramatic arrest Wednesday revealed an uglier truth: He was the persecutor.

The 45-year-old was arrested at an apartment complex on suspicion of killing a police officer in Iraq in 2014 and is accused of having deep ties to the Islamic State and al Qaeda terrorist groups, according to the Department of Justice. His arrest has stirred up disturbing questions about the country’s refugee vetting process, which resettlement agencies and federal officials have insisted is air tight.

But those same agencies have declined to explain how exactly Ameen slipped through the system, and — in the minds of many — their silence has reinforced President Donald Trump’s harsh criticisms of the country’s refugee program — which sparked a historic debate that landed in the Supreme Court. But experts say that while the case is one of the most alarming national security breaches involving refugees, it’s extremely rare.

Read more at: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/18/refugee-vetting-under-scrutiny-after-iraqi-with-alleged-isis-ties-cleared-to-enter-u-s/

Yep, how'd he get through?

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Re: How could a refugee from Iraq with ties to ISIS slip through to U.S.?
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2018, 04:15:21 pm »
Yep, how'd he get through?

Obama invited them in??

Duh!

Did we suddenly forget???
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