Jeb Bush: We Should Focus Our Efforts on Christian Syrian Refugees Who Are Being Slaughtered

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CNSNews.com) – GOP presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper” that the U.S. should “focus our efforts” on Christian Syrian refugees “that are being slaughtered.”

 

“There are a lot of Christians in Syria that have no place now. They’ll be either executed or imprisoned - either by Assad or by ISIS - and I think we should focus our efforts as it relates to the refugees for the Christians that are being slaughtered,” Bush said.

 

The New York Post reports that one Syrian refugee who recently entered Europe was one of the seven terrorists behind the attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead and 352 injured, according to authorities. A second attacker may also have presented himself as a refugee on the Greek island of Leros two months ago, according to officials.

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Obama: 'Shameful' to propose 'religious test' for Syrian refugees

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President Obama on Monday condemned calls from Republican presidential candidates to only allow Christian refugees from Syria into the United States, describing the push as “shameful” and “not American.”

 

In a press conference following the G-20 meeting in Antalya, Turkey, Obama dug in his heels on allowing 10,000 new refugees into the country this year despite increasing opposition from conservatives following the terrorist attacks in Paris.

 

“The people who are fleeing Syria are the most harmed by terrorism, they are the most vulnerable as a consequence of civil war and strife,” Obama said in an unprompted defense of his plan.

Obama’s ire appeared directed at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ®, who over the weekend called for the U.S. to focus on the Christians fleeing the Syrian chaos.

“When I hear folks say that, ‘Maybe we should just admit the Christians but not the Muslims,’ when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which person who’s fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted, when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefitted from protection when they were fleeing political persecution, that’s shameful,” Obama said.

Cruz’s family is from Cuba. The Texan often mentions how his father sought refuge in the U.S. to flee the repressive Communist island.

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/260260-obama-hits-bush-refugee-plan-as-not-american