Obama Compares Syrian Refugees to The Pilgrims

“I think if we did we would have to be extremely cautious”. “I feel like our city is being very tolerant, I would say beyond tolerant”.

Mr. Obama is hoping to persuade senators, who will be asked next week to consider a bill passed by the House last week that imposes new checks on Syrian refugees. The Senate has been considering the House bill and Obama has said its passage there would prompt him to try to use his veto.

MRS helped resettle 376 Syrians nationwide between August 15, 2012, and November 24. It is suspected that at least one of the attackers gained entry into France through the European refugee resettlement program.

“Accordingly, states may not categorically deny ORR-funded benefits and services to Syrian refugees”, the letter said.

More than 20 governors mostly from Republican-led states earlier announced that they will not accept not even one of the 10,000 Syrian refugees the Obama administration is set to welcome into the country, expressing concerns for the safety and security of their constituents.

Did Obama’s view on refugees and pilgrims resonate with Americans? Hundreds of thousands of people have made their way to Germany while other European nations have opened their borders, but to lesser numbers. Secretary of State John F. Kerry has been pursuing that objective in talks with representatives of Russia, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other countries, although they’ve yet to bear fruit – a reflection of how hard it will be to persuade Assad’s backers to agree on a timetable for his exit.

The letter also states that the refugees are protected by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The concerns raised by some US elected officials focus nearly exclusively on security.

Despite the worldwide clamor in support of the refugees, funding to help them isn’t available. Obama stressed in that warnings in that refugees would pose a danger are overblown since people getting in to the country are completely screened. Donald Trump vowed to deport over 2,000 Syrian refugees if elected, and suggested a system that would force U.S. Muslims to register in a security database.

Should the U.S. take in Syrian refugees? “That’s the spirit we need today”. The Statue of Liberty, he said, shines its light to the world.

Restore authority to manage refugee resettlement in the state legislatures. The bishops issued the statement after conferring with one another Wednesday.

Do state governors have a say in whether refugees can settle in a particular state? The holidays, he said, are important for giving, not just what you get. After that step ICMC staff members begin vetting under State Department rules, collecting biographical and family information, and learning why a family fled their home in the first place, she explained. I’m getting more comfortable, ” Scott told the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. These agencies then take refugees through the resettlement process. At Abbott’s direction, Traylor last Thursday wrote 19 refugee resettlement agencies in Texas – including Catholic Charities offices in Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston/Galveston, Corpus Christi and the Panhandle – asking that they scrap any plans to resettle Syrian refugees in Texas.