Welcome back to the show. If this
election has made you feel like you
don't have a country anymore,
imagine how it feels for people who
actually don't have a country anymore.
A year ago we filmed this piece on
refugees. This week, it seems more
important than ever
(SAM VOICEOVER) with millions of Syrians displaced nations all over the
world are scrambling to accept as many
refugees as their borders can handle.
(TRUDEAU) Welcome to your new home
the people of Canada welcomed Syrian
refugees with this touching greeting
Welcome to Canada
I'm gonna be your friend
I love you
(SAM VOICEOVER) In the United States, we made our own welcome video
(SCOTT) I don't want any terrorists.
(BENTLEY) We're not going to allow them
into the state of Alabama
(O'REILLY) Members of an anti-islam group protested outside a
mosque in Irving today
(HUCKABEE) we may be importing our own death
(screaming)
(SAM VOICEOVER) maybe we should take a break from
shitting our pants to meet people the
people we're incoherently yelling about
I traveled to Jordan where over a
million Syrian refugees actually live
and despite that, as I walked the streets
of Iman, I felt safe, welcome, and maybe
even a little bit inspired.
Oh I don't really know how to play
(music)
Oh, thank you. Thank you.
(clapping)
But was Jordan just lulling me
into a false sense of security with its
normalness and love of lame stream
establishment politics? I needed to see
these Syrians up close, so I took a two
hour drive to the Syrian border to visit
the jabber farms refugee camp and ask
them, who are you?
You sound very reasonable to me. That alone makes me feel
suspicious
what are your thoughts on ISIS?
Do you think that Americans have
Syrians wrong?
You know what,, that's for the best
(SAM VOICEOVER) after talking to them it was clear they
only wanted a peaceful place to raise
their families--
(screaming)
(HUCKABEE) First of all, we don't even know how many of our-- are really Syrian refugees.
(TRUMP) could very well be the
ultimate Trojan horse
there are no government records, we don't know who
these people are, and when you meet the
people doing the vetting, they tell us that.
(SAM VOICEOVER) Person doing the vetting, Kate Dorsch
The refugee program undergoes the
most amount of security screening than
any other immigrant visa. When you hear
someone saying that this could be a
Trojan horse or that all Muslims should
be banned or that it's gross for Hillary
Clinton to use the bathroom,
what do you say to that hypothetical asshole person?
The process of
resettlement is very long, from the time
they enter our pipeline it generally
takes around 18 to 24 months. We create a
case file and we enter all the
information into a database which is
shared with the FBI, the National
Counterterrorism Center and the
Department of Defense
why doesn't a large portion of the American public
believe that--
(screaming)
(TRUMP) they're young, strong men,
(FIORINA) young able bodied men
(RIVERA) young men of fighting age
no it's actually about two percent of
our case load are single men
these are survivors of violence and
torture or they also could be LGBT
refugees
so these are the most most most most
vulnerable cases. --Correct.
(SAM VOICEOVER) Like women, minors, children, more children, orphaned
children, widowed women, and look here's
some children over here, and here's a big
one next to a little--
(screaming)
(TRUMP) they could be ISIS, I don't know
(RYAN), ISIS wants to infiltrate
the refugee population
(CRUZ) Waging jihad and murdering Americans
(SAM VOICEOVER) Holy shit, you guys. Okay, one more time
I think people don't
understand that refugees can't just sign
up for resettlement, they can't go to say
hey, I want to go to America
let's make this really simple. Say you're
terrorist and you want to sneak in as a
refugee (TERRORIST) Hey, it's me, ISIS! This is gonna be easy
(TERRORIST) All I gotta do is dress up as a woman, maybe take a baby!
(SAM VOICEOVER) Now let's say you manage to make
it into a camp and you're one of the
less than 1% selected for resettlement
(TERRORIST) I got past the UN, Department of State, Homeland Security. CIA, here I come, Aw I got caught
(SAM VO) But let's pretend you didn't get caught
you still don't get to choose where you
get resettled --death to Silinjarvi? Where the fuck am I?
(SAM) Oh no, you made it to the water board
so if you were a terrorist and you wanted to
impersonate a refugee to sneak into a
western country, you would be a real
ding-dong
(SAM VOICEOVER) so when this horde of fraudulent rage
prophets are out there scaring Americans
for votes, remember these refugees are
just like us. They want to go back to
their homes but they can't, and at the
end of the day, they just want to sit
back and watch a little basic cable
I love Meryl Streep.
But unlike the complex love triangle between Alec,
Meryl, and Steve, it isn't that
complicated.
you sound like someone who really
understands the principles that America
was built on. You are going to stick out
like a sore thumb there.
Oh god.
(SAM VOICEOVER) Check out part two of the people we're incoherently yelling
about online as I helped a very select
group of Syrian refugees coming to
America prepare for assimilation
(SAM) Can I have (REFUGEES) Can I have
(SAM) your (REFUGEES) your
(SAM) HBO Go (REFUGEES) HBO Go
(SAM) Login (REFUGEES) Login
(laughter)
That's good.
If you go to our website, you'll find lots of ways you
can meet Syrian refugees and support
them and generally show them we're not
all dicks
we'll be right back