As if the hundred thousand Syrian refugees weren’t enough, Now Obama’s puppet at DHS, Jeh Johnson has bestowed temporary amnesty on over 8,000 illegal alien Syrians who either snuck into the country or have overstayed their visas. They will be eligible for work permits and all government freebies. There used to be an immigration rule that if someone was applying for a visa and they work in a field where there is a shortage in the United States, they would get favorite treatment. I guess Obama and Johnson think we are short on terrorists.
“Syria’s lengthy civil conflict has resulted in high levels of food insecurity, limited access to water and medical care, and massive destruction of Syria’s infrastructure. Attacks against civilians, the use of chemical weapons and irregular warfare tactics, as well as forced conscription and use of child soldiers have intensified the humanitarian crisis,” Mr. Johnson said in announcing the new program.
Those eligible for TPS include any Syrian illegal immigrants who have managed to sneak into or remain in the U.S. beyond their visa expirations over the past four years.
TPS is intended to be humanitarian relief for those whose home countries face a massive natural disaster or war that makes returning both dangerous for the individual, and a potential burden for the home country’s government.
But the Syrian listing comes at a time of heightened concern over foreign fighters who may have trained with the Islamic State and who are searching for ways to conduct attacks in Europe and the U.S.
Those fears have already beset the U.S. refugee program, where President Obama has pledged to resettle some 10,000 Syrians in the U.S. in fiscal 2016.