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Adam Schiff: “Among the 2,000 or so refugees we've taken over the last several years from Syria, not a single one of them has been…”

On the recordNovember 17, 2015
Among the 2,000 or so refugees we've taken over the last several years from Syria, not a single one of them has been arrested on a terrorism-related offense and in fact, of the 3/4 of a million refugees we've taken in since 9/11, a very few if any problems have occurred within that refugee population.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Adam Schiff discusses the safety of Syrian refugees in the U.S. and contrasts them with homegrown radicals.

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