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The Impact of ISIS on the Homeland and Refugee Resettlement

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On November 19, 2015, Peter Bergen testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs about the threat of ISIS, just days after the terrorist attacks in Paris. Bergen argued that refugees did not pose a threat to the United States, and that most terrorism threats to the U.S. were from homegrown extremists.

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Peter Bergen
Peter Bergen
Peter Bergen

Vice President, Global Studies & Fellows; Professor of Practice, Arizona State University

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The Impact of ISIS on the Homeland and Refugee Resettlement