Abbott: Texas To Block Syrian Refugee Resettlement

At the same time she also expressed concern at the yet unconfirmed news that one of the Paris attackers may have entered Europe as part of the current influx of refugees and migrants.

After 28 governors vowed to do everything in their power to block Syrian refugees from entering their states, federal officials are moving closer to stopping President Barack Obama’s plan to bring 10,000 refugees into the U.S.

Republican leaders and House committee chairs appeared to be coalescing around draft legislation that would freeze the program for Syrian as well as Iraqi refugees.

We can’t let terrorists change our value system. We always have been and we always will be. “The health and safety of the people of IL has to be our top priority”, said Republican IL State Senator Neil Anderson.

At an Asia-Pacific summit in Manila, Obama accused Republicans of “hysteria and exaggeration of risk” in trying to make it more hard for refugees to enter the United States.

“The notion you would put on pause the that we would welcome refugees fleeing the violence is not true to who we are as a country and it is also not true to who we are as a city”, Emanuel said. “And it’s not what we’re going to do”, Obama wrote later on Twitter.

Refugee admissions are determined by the U.S. Department of State, which processes applications received through the United Nations and conducts security screenings – a process that can take up to two years. The new bill would add a requirement for the Homeland Security secretary, along with the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Director of National Intelligence, to certify that each refugee being admitted poses no security threat.

“The House Republican legislation would immediately shut down all refugee resettlement from Syria and Iraq – possibly for many years – and severely handicap future refugee resettlement around the world”, Democratic Reps.

The House is due to start debate on the bill on Thursday.

He said some Republican rhetoric on the issue was a “potent recruitment tool” for Islamic State militants. Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul of Texas, “It could be a cut or additional funding” for programs in the bill.

Among them is Governor Mike Pence of IN, whose decision led to the re-routing of a Syrian family of three, officials said.

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”.

“Some have reacted to the tragedy in France by calling for us to suspend refugees coming to this country”. Tuesday he went on FOX News to say the state will not allow any more Syrian refugees into the state.

“I think as a Jew I have a certain perspective”, Schakowsky said, recounting the story of the St. Louis, a refugee ship turned away from Cuba and Florida in 1939 and sent back to Europe, where hundreds of its Jewish passengers were killed in the Holocaust. Likewise, USA adults are undecided on whether the US has done enough to protect against Paris-like terror attacks on US soil.