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Homeland Security Director to Visit Dearborn

Wednesday event will be open to University of Michigan-Dearborn students, faculty and staff.

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DEARBORN, MI – Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson will hold a town hall-style event Wednesday at the University of Michigan-Dearborn Wednesday.

Johnson is expected to discuss the refugee issue an other national security issues at the event, to be held from 2-3 p.m. Wednesday. The event is open to UM-Dearborn students, faculty and staff only, and a university-issued.

Johnson’s visit comes a day after President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday. Refaai Hamo, the Syrian civil engineer with a doctorate whose haunting story of loss and hope for the future tugged at the world’s heartstrings, will be a guest of President Obama.

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Johnson has defended the Obama administration’s refugee policy, and has described the vetting of refugee applicants from Syria and Iraq as “extraordinarily thorough and strong.” The Republican-controlled Congress wants to limit the number of refugees. In a vote in the House late last year, several Democrats crossed the aisle to approve the legislation.

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