The AEIdeas website links to a poll by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies which finds that 13% of Syrian refugees have "positive" or "somewhat positive" attitudes toward ISIS. Hat tip to Lucianne.com for the link.
Syrian refugees are what our President is asking us to accept in our communities. This study suggests roughly one of every eight Syrian refugees feels okay toward ISIS. The only group in the MENA region with more positive attitudes is the Palestinians.
Obama proposes admitting 10,000 refugees. One-eighth of 10,000 equals 1250 potential terrorists. Even 10% of that number could cause one blazing lot of chaos, mayhem, and death.
Imagine the FBI headcount required to keep an eye on 1250 ISIS sympathizers. I estimate 5-7 agents to watch each suspect 24/7. The FBI would need an additional headcount of roughly 9,000 agents and supervisors. Direct salary and benefit costs alone would run roughly $1 billion, not including autos, clerical support, office space, per diem, training. etc., figure another billion.
Even if you watch people for five years and they do nothing wrong, they can still turn sour in the sixth year and do a berserker, meaning you have to keep watching at least until they are old, meaning costs like these effectively in perpetuity.
Ten thousand people who speak little or no English will require welfare plus Medicaid, so you have another half billion or so, year after year. Accepting these refugees is not a good idea.
