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Townhall
Terrific: Feds
Have No Clue If 9500 People With Revoked Visas and Links to Terrorism
Are in U.S.
Katie Pavlich
Dec 18, 2015
In case you missed it yesterday, the House Oversight Committee held a
hearing about the vetting process for refugees entering the United
States from terrorism hot spots.
During the hearing, officials from the State Department and Homeland
Security were asked about the location of 9,500 individuals who have
been stripped of their U.S. visas because of links to terrorism. They
had no idea and could not say if these individuals were still in the
U.S.
"The Department [State] has revoked approximately 122,000 visas for a
variety of reasons including nearly 9500 with links to terrorism. Of
the 122,000 revoked visas, how many of those people are still in the
United States?" Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz asked Department of
State Assistant Secretary Michele Bond.
"I don't know," she responded.
"Homeland Security, how many revoked visas are still in the United
States of America," Chaffetz asked DHS Assistant Secretary for
International Affairs Alan Bersin.
"Mr. Chairman, I don't have that," he responded.
According to a 2014 report from ABC News, the federal government has
lost track of 6,000 foreign nationals who have overstayed their student
visas. Keep in mind that this is the tactic the 9/11 hijackers used...
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