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Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Indian Muslims shout slogans during a protest against ISIS, an Islamic State group, and the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris, in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Multiple attacks across Paris last Friday night left 130 dead and many more injured. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)
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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin walks to a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, as Republican lawmakers prepare to push legislation through the House erecting fresh hurdles for Syrian and Iraqi refugees trying to enter the U.S. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Police officers walk outside the house of the mother of the female suicide bomber Hasna Aitboulahcen, in Aulnay-sous-Bois, near Paris, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. Aitboulahcen is believed to have detonated a suicide vest after a brief exchange with police officers. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Goodlatte, R-Va., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, during the House Judiciary Immigration and Border Security subcommittee hearing to examine the Syrian refugee crisis and its impact on the security of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **
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Students gather inside Nassau Hall during a sit-in, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, in Princeton, N.J. The protesters from a group called the Black Justice League, who staged a sit-in inside university President Christopher Eisgruber's office on Tuesday, demand the school remove the name of former school president and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from programs and buildings over what they said was his racist legacy. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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National Edition News cover for November 20, 2015 - House defies Obama, votes for ‘pause’ of Syrian refugee plan: House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., center, and Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kansas, far left, meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, following a GOP strategy session. Calling this a "moment where it's better to be safe than to be sorry," Speaker Ryan says there should be a "pause" in Syrian refugees coming to the U.S. in the wake of the Paris attacks, and has assembled a task force to bring legislation to a vote as soon as this week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama's amnesty, dubbed Deferred Action for Parental Accountability, or DAPA, was supposed to grant full tentative legal status — including work permits, Social Security numbers and driver's licenses — to more than 4 million illegal immigrants. It has been halted by a federal appeals court, and its fate will soon rest with the Supreme Court. (Associated Press)
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Harvard University police are investigating after black tape was found plastered on the portraits of several black law professors. (Twitter/@imfromraleigh)
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FILE - This July 18, 2014, file photo shows protestors in Philadelphia demonstrating near the Consulate of Mexico in support of immigrants recently entering the United States via Mexico. For Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania the influx of Central American children who have crossed illegally into the United States has propelled immigration to a top concern for voters in his heavily rural district far from the Mexican border, eclipsing the new health care law and the federal deficit. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Emily Faz, a student at Georgia Southern University, was reportedly fired from her job after writing a Facebook post criticizing Mizzou and Black Lives Matter activists. (Image: Facebook)
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Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle arrives at the federal courthouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. Fogle is due to formally plead guilty and be sentenced on charges of trading child pornography and paying for sex with minors. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Iraqi refugee Waad Ramadan Alwan, left, of Bowling Green, who is facing terrorism charges, arrives at the William H. Natcher Federal Courthouse for a detention hearing in Bowling Green, Ky., in this June 8, 2011, file photo. From a Kentucky college town, Alwan and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, Iraqi refugees, plotted to send sniper rifles, Stinger missiles and money to al Qaeda operatives waging an insurgency back home against U.S. troops. The scheme was foiled and both are in prison, but the case has left jitters about whether terrorists might slip in among Syrian refugees resettling in the U.S. (Daily News via AP)
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Illustration on the current spate of college protests by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Syrian Immigrants Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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President Obama this week has tried to rally refugee and immigrant-rights advocates to his defense, saying the U.S. has a moral obligation to take some of the millions of refugees who have fled a brutal civil war in Syria that the president has been unable to stop. (Associated Press)
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Tim Constantine asks: Is it possible that one or more Syrian refugees welcomed into the United States could actually be an ISIS terrorist? President Obama needs to do the right thing to keep Americans safe.
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Tim Constantine reports on House efforts to screen Syrian refugees, Ted Cruz challenging President Obama, and a Hollywood celebrity who could be facing a mountain of lawsuits.
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., right, joined by committee counsel Robert Parmiter, center, and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., chairman of the House subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, left, gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, as the panel met to approve rare bipartisan legislation that would reduce prison time for some nonviolent drug offenders. The aim of the bipartisan bills is to reduce overcrowding in the nation's prisons, save taxpayer dollars and give some nonviolent offenders a second chance while keeping the most dangerous criminals in prison. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., right, joined by committee counsel Robert Parmiter, center, and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., chairman of the House subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, left, gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, as the panel met to approve rare bipartisan legislation that would reduce prison time for some nonviolent drug offenders. The aim of the bipartisan bills is to reduce overcrowding in the nation's prisons, save taxpayer dollars and give some nonviolent offenders a second chance while keeping the most dangerous criminals in prison. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
