Does Gov. Rauner Have The Authority To Refuse Syrian Refugees?

The White House says that of the 2,174 refugees who have been admitted to the US since 2001, “not a single one has been arrested or deported on terrorism-related grounds”.

Mr McCaul said legislation was necessary because the President was unlikely to halt the programme.

“While the White House attempted to share information with governors who have refused the relocation of Syrian refugees out of concern for their state’s security, there were few questions answered by the Obama Administration”, Governor Bentley said of the call.

Obama stood by a plan that the White House announced in September to allow 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States within a year.

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Philippines’ President Benigno Aquino III, left, arrive for a news conference in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, November 18, 2015, ahead of the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation…

He said he was in contact with Ryan and the White House on how to proceed.

Again, the government has actually already shown that it is exceedingly good at denying would-be terrorists entry to the country as refugees.

“That’s why, even as the United States accepts more refugees, including Syrians, we do so only after they undergo the most rigorous screening and security vetting of any category of traveler to the United States”. And from the states, this debate will quickly move to Congress, where House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., called for a pause on Syrian refugees and Republican lawmakers put together a task force on the issue.

It must be noted that Syrian refugees are fleeing the kind of barbarism that was on display in the Paris massacre.

Out of the more than 4 million refugees who have dispersed from Syria – mostly to neighboring countries – the US has accepted 1,829 this year.

“Many of us on the City Council have expressed the opinion that Gov. Rauner has no legal authority to block Syrian refugees fleeing violence from being placed in IL”, Ald. The Obama administration says refugees are vetted extensively before they enter the US, but security experts warn of gaps in that process.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility and there were indications that one of the perpetrators might have entered France with a Syrian passport, potentially amid waves of refugees seeking haven in Europe.

Refugees are subject to the highest level of security checks of any category of traveler to the United States, including the involvement of the National Counterterrorism Center, the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, and the Department of Defense. “We would also like to see more from the so-called BRICs – Brazil, Russia, India, China and, to a lesser extent South Africa”, she added.

But Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told a hearing there was a national security reason for prioritizing Christian refugees, saying: “At least these Christians wouldn’t be potential terrorists”.

Ryan said Republican efforts to heighten the screening of refugees would not discriminate against Muslims, who are in the vast majority in Syria and Iraq.

As previously reported by the Inquisitr, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley was the first state leader to make a statement refusing to accept Syrian refugees into his state.