Trump blatantly lies about how many Syrian refugees the U.S. has accepted

During the debate Sunday night, Republican nominee for president Donald Trump alleged that the United States is letting in “tens of thousands” of Syrian refugees. That is false. Last year, President Obama pledged to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in fiscal year 2016 — a pledge that the United States failed to meet.

It is true that Clinton has called for 65,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the U.S. However, Trump also alleged that refugees needed to be subjected to “extreme vetting” because they were potentially a security risk.

Trump did not elaborate on what “extreme vetting” is, however, refugees resettled in the United States already are subjected to what could be described as extreme vetting....
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