x-sender: reidelectric@charter.net x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mtaout005-public.msg.strl.va.charter.net ([68.114.190.30]) by sc.lmhostediq.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.17514); Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:42:00 -0500 Received: from impout005 ([68.114.189.20]) by mtaout005.msg.strl.va.charter.net (InterMail vM.9.00.021.00 201-2473-182) with ESMTP id <20151201014201.IEOC29998.mtaout005.msg.strl.va.charter.net@impout005> for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 19:42:01 -0600 Received: from [192.168.1.12] ([24.179.25.245]) by impout005 with charter.net id o1i01r00B5HHWc8011i0r7; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 19:42:01 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=S7lXwecP c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=lTeVFIsxMKDM/hZNbaxJOg==:117 a=lTeVFIsxMKDM/hZNbaxJOg==:17 a=hOpmn2quAAAA:8 a=ev0XMeRYAAAA:8 a=pmK9pQ1jpReaNZlGHNIA:9 a=1mV3EdYn2iGk_j0k:21 a=M1_AuXSbn9cs9dNQ:21 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=vCA2H32OaWya2M2d:21 a=T__xHaRoam2xY1uS:21 a=Qj_Ja83WI_tg5a7e:21 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 X-Auth-id: cmVpZGVsZWN0cmljQGNoYXJ0ZXIubmV0 From: Rusty Reid Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-830C0B01-EE7F-4384-93C2-A76A09116E27 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Thank you for contacting the office of Governor Haley Message-Id: Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:41:59 -0500 References: <94E075F6CF8D4855BFCC9257DE343DBB@IQ12> In-Reply-To: <94E075F6CF8D4855BFCC9257DE343DBB@IQ12> To: "" X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (12B466) Return-Path: reidelectric@charter.net X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Dec 2015 01:42:00.0905 (UTC) FILETIME=[7909FB90:01D12BD9] --Apple-Mail-830C0B01-EE7F-4384-93C2-A76A09116E27 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you for your response. The Syrian refugees should be secured in their o= wn country. This make more sense security wise for the Americans as well as f= inancially. Please protect us as well as accommodate the Syrians.=20 Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 30, 2015, at 8:07 PM, wrote: >=20 > Dear Mr. Reid, >=20 > Thank you for your recent message to my office regarding refugee resettlem= ent. I appreciate the opportunity to hear from you on this matter. >=20 > In the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, I had conversations with FBI D= irector Jim Comey and DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson. In the past, intelligence o= fficials have had sufficient information to adequately check the backgrounds= of refugee applicants. In reference to the Syrian refugees, neither Direct= or Comey nor Secretary Johnson could vouch for the sufficiency of the availa= ble information. Therefore, I asked Secretary John Kerry and the United Sta= tes Department of State to suspend efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in So= uth Carolina. =20 >=20 > As Governor, it is my first and primary duty to ensure the safety of the c= itizens of South Carolina. While I agree that the United States should try t= o assist individuals in dire situations, the lack of historical and verifiab= le intelligence with many Syrian refugees makes it difficult, if not impossi= ble, to thoroughly vet individuals seeking to enter the United States as ref= ugees. Currently, no Syrian refugees fleeing the current conflict have been= resettled in South Carolina, and until these security issues are addressed,= I hope the United States Department of State will honor my request. =20 >=20 > Thank you again for your message and interest in this issue. God bless. >=20 > My very best, >=20 > Nikki R. Haley > NRH/ahp > =20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-830C0B01-EE7F-4384-93C2-A76A09116E27 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Thank you for your response. The Syrian refugees should be secured in their own country. This make more sense security wise for the Americans as well as financially. Please protect us as well as accommodate the Syrians. 

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Dear Mr. Reid,

Thank you for your recent message to my office regarding refugee resettlement.  I appreciate the opportunity to hear from you on this matter.

In the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, I had conversations with FBI Director Jim Comey and DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.  In the past, intelligence officials have had sufficient information to adequately check the backgrounds of refugee applicants.  In reference to the Syrian refugees, neither Director Comey nor Secretary Johnson could vouch for the sufficiency of the available information.  Therefore, I asked Secretary John Kerry and the United States Department of State to suspend efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in South Carolina.  

As Governor, it is my first and primary duty to ensure the safety of the citizens of South Carolina.  While I agree that the United States should try to assist individuals in dire situations, the lack of historical and verifiable intelligence with many Syrian refugees makes it difficult, if not impossible, to thoroughly vet individuals seeking to enter the United States as refugees.  Currently, no Syrian refugees fleeing the current conflict have been resettled in South Carolina, and until these security issues are addressed, I hope the United States Department of State will honor my request.   

Thank you again for your message and interest in this issue.  God bless.

My very best,

Nikki R. Haley

NRH/ahp

 

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