Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is once again highlighting the need to ban refugees from countries with ties to Islamic extremism after terror attacks occurred in multiple U.S. locations over the weekend.
TheBlaze.com reports that Cruz, a former 2016 Republican presidential candidate, had previously introduced the Terrorist Refugee Infiltration Prevention Act of 2015, which would have prevented refugees from countries with ties to Islamic extremism from coming to the U.S.
In a recent statement to the Washington Free Beacon, Cruz reiterated the importance of enacting laws to protect U.S. citizens from possible infiltration of terrorists.
Cruz called on Congress “to prevent Americans who have traveled abroad for training from returning here and to stop the flow of refugees from hotbeds of terrorism in the Middle East that President Obama is determined to bring into our country.”...
