White House to reach goal of taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees Monday
- 8 years ago
The White House will reach its goal of taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. on Monday afternoon.
A plane carrying the refugees has departed Jordan and will soon land in the U.S. "Today, I am pleased to announce that we will meet this goal more than a month ahead of schedule," said National Security Adviser Susan Rice.
Between last October and the end of this September, the U.S. is expected to admit a total of at least 85,000 refugees, Rice said, including from countries like Burma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, and many others.
80 percent of the refugees who have already resettled in the U.S. are women and children under the age of 18, according to the State Department.
Data also shows 96 percent of the refugees are Muslim.
U.S. officials say the refugees have gone through extensive vetting, which not only involved numerous interviews but also intelligence-driven vetting and reviews of their social media accounts.
The average review took more than a year and a half to complete.
The names of the refugees were run through Pentagon, State Department, FBI and other agency databases, CBS News reported.
A plane carrying the refugees has departed Jordan and will soon land in the U.S. "Today, I am pleased to announce that we will meet this goal more than a month ahead of schedule," said National Security Adviser Susan Rice.
Between last October and the end of this September, the U.S. is expected to admit a total of at least 85,000 refugees, Rice said, including from countries like Burma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, and many others.
80 percent of the refugees who have already resettled in the U.S. are women and children under the age of 18, according to the State Department.
Data also shows 96 percent of the refugees are Muslim.
U.S. officials say the refugees have gone through extensive vetting, which not only involved numerous interviews but also intelligence-driven vetting and reviews of their social media accounts.
The average review took more than a year and a half to complete.
The names of the refugees were run through Pentagon, State Department, FBI and other agency databases, CBS News reported.