Nearly 10,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the turmoil in their homeland will be coming to New Jersey, and state Senate Republicans – including Sen. Christopher J. Connors of the 9th District – are calling on the state Department of Homeland Security and Preparedness to ensure they are thoroughly vetted. In a letter to N.J. Homeland Director Laurie R. Duran, Connors joined Sens. Robert Singer (30th District), Jim Holzapfel (10th District), Sam Thompson (12th District) and Declan O’Scanlon (13th District) in emphasizing the need to screen refugees coming to the state from Afghanistan.
The first group of refugees has already arrived in New Jersey, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, “and soon these…
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