Marsha Blackburn: “We know that there are more than Mexicans and Central Americans coming across that southern border, and we know that…”

“We know that there are more than Mexicans and Central Americans coming across that southern border, and we know that once they are here, the ORR has no way of tracking them and keeping up with them. In April, a Judicial Watch report cited a Mexican army officer and police inspector who advised that ISIS was operating training bases in close proximity to the U.S. southern border. Another report from August 2014 advised that social media traffic indicated ISIS was planning to infiltrate the southern border in order to carry out a terrorist attack. Due to these findings, all of our resettlement services must be temporarily suspended. I am currently working on a solution with several of my colleagues to address the loophole that allows nonrefugees to be resettled. In the past 3 weeks, Islamic State terrorists have bombed a Russian jetliner, committed suicide bombings in Beirut, and massacred French citizens in Paris. They are now exporting their terror. There is simply no method that will allow us to determine with 100 percent accuracy whether Syrians or illegal aliens that we resettle into the U.S. are really ISIS jihadists. Mr. Speaker, is the ISIS threat contained? No. Can we guarantee that Syrian refugees who are resettled into the U.S. will not commit acts of terror against Americans? No. Do we know who these people are? No. Are they properly vetted? No. Would it be responsible to bring Syrian refugees into this country after the attacks in Paris? No.…”