(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) A group representing federal law enforcement officers is urging President Obama to kill his plan to settle Syrian refugees in America and instead work with allies to create a safe zone in Syria for them to live.
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association President Nathan Catura said that there is no way to check the backgrounds of incoming Syrians for terrorist activities, and that American war veterans are more deserving of the potential billions of dollars that would be used for the refugee program.
"How would our government distinguish men and women of military age from true refugees with those intending harm to the American public? The hard, cold truth is there is no way to do it," he said in a statement.
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