The White House is hosting a three-day summit with more than 60 countries on how to combat violent extremism. One Democratic representative believes that one of the reasons that the United States is so susceptible to extremism is because there are not enough opportunities for these people.
The congressman went on to say that in order for law enforcement to combat violent extremism they need to limit the amount of surveillance that happens and perform more outreach. But he also warned of mixing surveillance and outreach and that the actions need to be performed separately.
In a final effort to explain how to stop violent extremism, the congressman noted the recent decision to halt wiring money to Somalia. He also mentioned that the violent extremists in the country would use this decision against the United States.
"The violent extremists wants to be able to say, ‘See they won’t even let your relatives send you money.’ They want to be able to say that and we have to be able to stop them from saying that," the congressman said.