Once again, the “most transparent administration in history” has proven itself to be the exact opposite of what it claims. This time, the opaqueness of the Obama administration was in regard to its effort to import tens of thousands of refugees from war-torn Islamic hotbeds like Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, a Republican, told Fox News host Bill O’Reilly recently, and revealed that the Obama administration has kept his state out of the loop regarding who will be resettled there.
“We’re not even told by the president. I think the most information is that the federal government and Homeland Security and the president tell each governor when these Syrian refugees come to our state. We have no communication whatsoever on when they come, where they go, who they are.”“And that’s what our major objection is. Our local homeland security people, who are the ones that have to respond to any emergency, are not in the communication loop with the president of the United States.”
This revelation is frightening, as it shows the Obama administration doesn’t trust (or even inform) America’s governors about policies in their purview as the duly elected leaders of their state – such as potential jihadists being brought into their states by the federal government.
We already knew that the federal vetting process for refugees and immigrants is sorely lacking. Now the administration is making it difficult, if not impossible, for the states to pick up the slack and close the information gap left by the inadequate half-measures of the feds.
Do you think this failure to notify governors about incoming Middle Eastern refugees is just an oversight – or is it intentional?
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