Passports are not required or even used in the vetting process of refugees. To pass the vetting process, the applicant must pass both biometric checks and a background investigations. For refugees, the lack of data needed to qualify the applicant works against the applicant; that is the refugee is considered unqualified until proven otherwise. This is a major difference between refugee processing and normal visa and immigrant processing.
The biometric checks are the processing of fingerprints, photos, and retinal scans against databases with over a billion records. The retinal scans are used to track the movement of the applicant in and out refugee camps. The results are biometric checks are integrated into the biographical investigation.
The biographical investigation consist of validating information collected mostly from the applicant in a series of interviews with the applicant, family members including children, past employers, and references. With each round of interviews discrepancies are resolved or the application is denied.
Since the number of applicants always exceed the number applying, most applicants are not accepted during the 18 to 24 month vetting process. Since the US vetting process takes longer than most other countries, many applicants withdraw their application in favor of another destination.
Fact Sheet: Fiscal Year 2016 Refugee Admissions
Refugee Processing and Security Screening
When Jim Comey said Syrian refugees could not be vetted, he was merely saying what we all already knew. Ho hum. yawn ****
There is no such thing as vetting of Syrian refugees.
For that matter, all Muslims who follow the Koran (the definition of being a Muslim) are committed to killing all non-Muslims, so by the law that Trump is basing his ban on, NO MUSLIMS, from anywhere should be admitted. Ever read the Koran ? Cover to cover mass genocide. Try verses 8:12, 9:5, and 9:123 for starters..
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learn something about US law >>
- U.S. Code › Title 8 › Chapter 12 › Subchapter II › Part II › § 1182
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(3)Security and related grounds
(A)In general Any alien who a consular officer or the Attorney General knows, or has reasonable ground to believe, seeks to enter the United States to engage solely, principally, or incidentally in—
(i)
any activity (I) to violate any law of the United States relating to espionage or sabotage or (II) to violate or evade any law prohibiting the export from the United States of goods, technology, or sensitive information,
(ii)
any other unlawful activity, or
(iii)
any activity a purpose of which is the opposition to, or the control or overthrow of, the Government of the United States by force, violence, or other unlawful means,
is inadmissible.
(B)Terrorist activities
(i)In generalAny alien who—
(I)
has engaged in a terrorist activity;
(II)
a consular officer, the Attorney General, or the Secretary of Homeland Security knows, or has reasonable ground to believe, is engaged in or is likely to engage after entry in any terrorist activity (as defined in clause (iv));
(III)
has, under circumstances indicating an intention to cause death or serious bodily harm, incited terrorist activity;
(IV)is a representative (as defined in clause (v)) of—
(aa)
a terrorist organization (as defined in clause (vi)); or
(bb)
a political, social, or other group that endorses or espouses terrorist activity;
(V)
is a member of a terrorist organization described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (vi);
(VI)
is a member of a terrorist organization described in clause (vi)(III), unless the alien can demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the alien did not know, and should not reasonably have known, that the organization was a terrorist organization;
(VII)
endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization;
