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The Impact of Isis on the Homeland and Refugee Resettlement S. Hrg. 114–543 THE IMPACT OF ISIS ON THE HOMELAND AND REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION NOVEMBER 19, 2015 Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.fdsys.gov/ Printed for the use of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 22–475 PDF WASHINGTON : 2017 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin Chairman JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware ROB PORTMAN, Ohio CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri RAND PAUL, Kentucky JON TESTER, Montana JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming HEIDI HEITKAMP, North Dakota KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire CORY A. BOOKER, New Jersey JONI ERNST, Iowa GARY C. PETERS, Michigan BEN SASSE, Nebraska KEITH B. ASHDOWN, Staff Director BROOKE N. ERICSON, Deputy Chief Counsel for Homeland Security ELIZABETH MCWHORTER, Professional Staff Member JOSE J. BAUTISTA, Professional Staff Member GABRIELLE A. BATKIN, Minority Staff Director JOHN P. KILVINGTON, Minority Deputy Staff Director HARLAN C. GEER, Minority Senior Professional Staff Member HOLLY A. IDELSON, Minority Senior Counsel LAURA W. KILBRIDE, Chief Clerk BENJAMIN C. GRAZDA, Hearing Clerk (II) C O N T E N T S Opening statements: Page Senator Johnson ............................................................................................... 1 Senator Carper ................................................................................................. 3 Senator McCaskill ............................................................................................ 14 Senator Ayotte .................................................................................................. 15 Senator Tester .................................................................................................. 17 Senator Baldwin ............................................................................................... 19 Senator Heitkamp ............................................................................................ 21 Senator Peters .................................................................................................. 23 Prepared statements: Senator Johnson ............................................................................................... 55 Senator Carper ................................................................................................. 57 WITNESS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015 Hon. Anne C. Richard, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State ................................................................. 6 Hon. Leon Rodriguez, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security ............................................................. 7 Peter Bergen, Director, National Security Studies Program, New America Foundation ............................................................................................................ 28 Brian Michael Jenkins, Senior Advisor to the President, RAND Corporation ... 30 Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democ- racies ..................................................................................................................... 32 Eric P. Schwartz, Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, and Former Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration at the U.S. Department of State (2009–2011) .................................. 34 Lavinia Limo´n, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants .................................................................................... 35 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Bergen, Peter: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 28 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 73 Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 32 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 101 Jenkins, Brian Michael: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 30 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 90 Limo´n, Lavinia: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 35 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 117 Richard, Hon. Anne C.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 6 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 60 Rodriguez, Hon. Leon: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 7 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 64 Schwartz, Eric P.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 34 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 110 (III) IV Page APPENDIX 13-Step Vetting Process .......................................................................................... 122 Acronym List submitted by Senator Johnson ....................................................... 124 Statements submitted for the Record from: Asian Americans Advancing Justice ............................................................... 126 The American-Arab Anti-Discrimmination Committee ................................. 129 American Immigration Council ....................................................................... 135 American Immigration Lawyers Association ................................................. 143 Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach ............................................... 146 Christian Reformed Church ............................................................................. 148 The Center for Victims of Torture ................................................................... 149 Church World Service ...................................................................................... 152 Disciples Home Missions .................................................................................. 153 Franciscan Action Network ............................................................................. 154 Human Rights First ......................................................................................... 155 Gainesville Florida Interfaith Alliance for Immigrant Justice ..................... 161 International Rescue Committee ..................................................................... 162 Jesuit Refugee Service/USA ............................................................................. 165 Leadership Conference of Women Religious .................................................. 167 Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service .................................................. 168 National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd .................. 173 NAFSA Association of International Educators ............................................. 174 National Council of Jewish Women ................................................................ 177 Niskanen Center ............................................................................................... 178 OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates ......................................................... 183 Presbyterian Church ........................................................................................ 186 Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism .................................................. 188 Refugee Solidarity Network ............................................................................. 189 Shoulder to Shoulder Campaign ..................................................................... 190 Syrian American Medical Society ................................................................... 192 Southeast Asia Resource Action Center ......................................................... 195 T’ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights ................................................. 198 United Methodist Church ................................................................................ 200 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration .... 202 Unitarian Universalist Service Committee .................................................... 214 We Belong Together ......................................................................................... 216 Welcoming America .......................................................................................... 217 Responses to post-hearing questions for the Record from: Ms. Richard ......................................................................................................
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