U.S.Congress: country failing to stop ISIS recruitment

More than 250 Americans have joined Islamic State and other militant groups to fight in Syria and Iraq,which is double the number a year ago, a U.S. congressional study finds. The stats suggest the United States is not doing enough to stop the flow of fighters. The report compiled by the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, also found that several dozen of the fighters have made their way back to the United States.

We spend billions of dollars to kill terrorists and keep them out of the United States, but we spend very little on prevention from within… A lot of this could be stopped by prevention if we had outreach to these communities.

Republican Representative Michael McCaul.

Committee members said their next step was to develop legislation stemming from the 32 findings in the report including a lack of support for communities to spot warning signs. The report comes the same day as President Barack Obama chaired a summit at the U.N. General Assembly highlighting the international community’s efforts to counter Islamic State. The study underlined the urgent need for a nationwide strategy to combat the threat and called for better information sharing within the United states and internationally.

We need to get the message out that you are more likely to get a bomb dropped on your head than find adventure in Syria.

Republican Representative Will Hurd, who was a CIA agent involved in the fight against al Qaeda before he was elected to the House in 2014.

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