ACT for America News Roundup

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TELL CONGRESS: Fix Refugee Resettlement Now More than 40 Somali refugees admitted to the U.S. under refugee resettlement are now fighting with terrorists overseas. We do not need to bring enemies into our homeland supported by our tax dollars. H.R. 3314 - The Resettlement Accountability National Security Act of 2015, is a critical piece of legislation that would halt refugee resettlement and begin fixing this broken program. Click here to let your Representative know that this bill needs to pass. FBI: 'Middle Eastern Males' Intimidate Military Families Several military families in Colorado and Wyoming reported being approached and intimidated by "Middle Eastern males" near their homes, and local law enforcement officials issued an internal "alert" seeking additional information. Read More U.S. Charges Sixth Man in Alleged N.Y.-N.J. Islamic State Plot A New Jersey man was arrested on Monday on charges of conspiring to support the militant group Islamic State, becoming the sixth man to be arrested in New York and New Jersey since June as part of what authorities have said is a broader plot. Read More WSJ: Obama's Sanctions Gift to An Assassin for Iran Congress is debating whether the nuclear agreement between Iran and the great powers goes far enough to curb Tehran’s illicit activities. But equally deserving of scrutiny are the nefarious characters whose names would be removed under the deal from Western sanctions lists.  Read More Iran Deal Will Unchain Top Ayatollah's Terror Slush Fund Hundreds of bad actors are set to be expunged from the US Treasury’s sanctions list as a result of the Iran nuclear deal signed last month in Vienna. Yet the most high-profile among them has gone strangely unnoticed: the country’s dictator since 1989, Ali Khamenei. Read More National Poll: Iran Got Better End of Deal The American public is divided on what Congress should do about the recently negotiated nuclear deal, but more feel that Iran came out of it better than the U.S. The Monmouth University Poll also found distrust that Iran will live up to the agreement is as high as it was before the deal was struck. Read More Father Lets Daughter Drown Rather Than Be Rescued by Male Lifeguards Because it Would 'Dishonor' Her A woman drowned off the coast of Dubai when her father stopped male lifeguards trying to save her because it would 'dishonour' her. The man reportedly grappled with lifeguards as they tried to save the 20-year-old woman as he did not want them to touch her. Read More FDD Senior Fellow Ali Alfoneh discusses how Iran is already violating existing sanctions by sending a key member of the Revolutionary Guards to Russia.