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Whoops. Forgot to include

librewolf — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:12:00 +0000

Whoops. Forgot to include this https://www.humanrights.gov/dyn/an-overview-of-the-leahy-vetting-process...

An Overview of the Leahy Vetting Process

"U.S. Department of State

07-09-2013

Overview

Consistent with U.S. law and policy, the Department of State vets its assistance to foreign security forces, as well as certain Department of Defense training programs, to ensure that recipients have not committed gross human rights abuses. When the vetting process uncovers credible information that an individual or unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, U.S. assistance is withheld.

The obligation to vet Department of State (DoS) assistance and Department of Defense (DoD)-funded training programs for foreign security forces units is in section 620M (a.k.a., the Leahy amendment) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA), as amended, and a comparable provision in the annual DoD Appropriations Act. While the DoS legislation applies to all “assistance” under the FAA and the Arms Export Control Act, the DoD law is specific to “training programs” funded under Defense Department Appropriations Acts.

Security forces units subject to Leahy vetting generally include foreign militaries, reserves, police, homeland security forces such as border guards or customs police, prison guards, and other units or individual members of units authorized to use force."

and so on

Hi Beetlejuice. I believe

librewolf — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:06:31 +0000

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Hi Beetlejuice. I believe that you can find most of your answers here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Refugee_Admissions_Program), but let me extract the pertinent parts:

"The United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is an interagency effort involving a number of governmental and non-governmental partners both overseas and in the U.S. designed "to offer resettlement opportunities to persons overseas who are of special humanitarian concern, while protecting national security and combating fraud".[1] The program specifically targets those who have fled their country because of past or future persecution. According to a State Department report, "Program objectives include arranging for refugees' placement by ensuring that approved refugees are sponsored and offered appropriate assistance upon arrival in the U.S., providing refugees with basic necessities and core services during their initial resettlement period, and promoting refugee self-sufficiency through employment as soon as possible after arrival in the U.S. in coordination with other refugee service and assistance programs."[2]"

" The United States Refugee Admissions Program originated from the Refugee Act of 1980 "

" At times the nature of refugee admissions has changed according to a shift in political climate. One such example is the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which was signed by George Bush and authorized more funding for national defense. "

" The chief agency USRAP works with at the federal level is the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration, or the PRM.[2] The PRM is in charge of managing foreign USRAP programs, proposing ceilings on refugee admissions, and establishing priorities when processing refugee cases.[6] Along with the PRM, USRAP works closely with the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS).[2] The HHS’s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), coordinates health benefits for refugees upon resettlement. The DHS’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reviews applications to determine refugee status, along with reviewing refugee cases. DHS’s Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) "screens arriving refugees for admission at the port of entry".[6] "

While NOT directly tied to US agencies, the UNHCR is also intimately involved in refugee issues and this carries over to the US as well as other countries.

I heard one of those who had

librewolf — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:51:52 +0000

In reply to Excellent! I've read about

I heard one of those who had been "detained" at one of the air ports (I believe JFK or NY) report that one of the questions they had been asked was how they felt about President Trump. I was watching MSNBC coverage at that point I think.

Thank you Sir Day! I am

librewolf — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:49:04 +0000

In reply to Yeah....

Thank you Sir Day! I am humbled by your praise.

I posted a short piece ...

Beetlejuice — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 15:57:21 +0000

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I posted a short piece ... Martial Law may be in the table ... and in an article attached there, the author states during the early Bu$h Admin in 2001 after 9/11, Bu$h and his entourage were busy codifying their positions to make sure they had a free hand to do as they please without the worry of congressional or judiciary oversight. And as we've heard from Mr Trump and his entourage, they believe they have the constitutional right do as they please and not worry Congress or the courts will stop them as long as they phrase everything as terrorism and protecting the home land.

We're seeing the courts waking up to the fact, the Executive is working in unknown territory without any congressional or judicial oversight and review and claims they have the right to do so and no one has the authority the stop them.

So can you tell me who has the constitutional authority for vetting? Where is it written.? Which Article ? How is oversight conducted ? What are the checks and balances to ensure the laws are being followed ?

For some strange reason, I don't think you can give me a reference that isolates a specific government function ... Legislative, Executive or Judicial ... that is designated as the primary point of contact where the buck stops.

In fact, I suspect you'll find it resides with the Executive via executive order that's gone unchallenged by Congress and the courts until now.

Excellent! I've read about

ocean-kat — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:48:05 +0000

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Excellent! I've read about some of the steps refugees must go through but never took the time to find the complete list of the steps required. Thanks for this. I think Granlund is over thinking Trump's plan. There will be none of this Are you a terrorist or Member of ISIS. Are you Muslim is the sole addition vetting that Trump wants.

Yeah....

Richard Day — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:57:04 +0000

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Yeah....

I hereby render unto Libre Wolf the Dayly Blog of the Week Award for this here Dagblog Site, given to all of Libre Wolf from all of me.

WELL DONE!