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The recent arrest of two Iraqi terrorists in Kentucky provides a sobering reminder that the possibility of a terrorist seeking to abuse our Refugee Admissions Program, though minute, does exist.

But our reaction must be to jail the terrorists and to continue improving security checks â€" not to punish all those who would seek refuge inside our borders or to say, as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has, “We don’t need them over here on government welfare. I’m going to try to have hearings on political asylum. Why are we admitting 18,000 people for political asylum from Iraq?” Hardening our hearts to those in need would only benefit the enemy we seek to defeat.

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