After attacks, governors shun Syrian refugees

“A Syrian “refugee” appears to have been part of the Paris terror attack”, Abbott said in his letter, likely referring to the Syrian passport that was found near the body of one of the suicide bombers near the Stade de France, the national sports stadium.

Experts in immigration law said the governors likely had no legal standing to block the federal government from settling refugees admitted into the country, but noted that they could obstruct the plans by cutting funding to programs and creating an atmosphere of hostility.

Louisiana has seen 14 Syrian refugees located there. The governor is writing to the president to ask him to stop, and to ask him to stop resettling them in Ohio.

In Canada, a provincial leader wants new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to suspend his plan to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year after the Paris attacks.

Gov. Scott Walker said Monday that Wisconsin won’t accept any new Syrian refugees because doing so poses a security threat.

The release goes on to state that Deal has demanded the federal government limit the number of refugees sent to Georgia since 2012.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks during a campaign rally at the Henderson Pavilion in Henderson, Nevada, on Sunday.

Wolf, a Democrat, said Monday that the federal government believes it can handle an additional 10,000 refugees that the White House said in September that it would accept from Syria.

Jindal said Syrian refugees began arriving in New Orleans earlier this month, and said it is “irresponsible and severely disconcerting to place individuals, who may have ties to ISIS, in a state without the state’s knowledge or involvement”. The refugees coming to Oklahoma and other states are fleeing the war.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson issued a statement saying the plan to resettle Syrian refugees in the United States is “is not the right strategy”.

“Refugees are the most security-vetted group”, Carrigan said.

“My first priority is to protect the safety of the people of Minnesota”, Democrat Dayton said.

“Until we have the capability to complete comprehensive and exhaustive background checks on Syrian refugees before they reach our shores, the United States should immediately stop taking in new refugees from the region”, Daines said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), another White House hopeful and Granger’s counterpart in the Senate, on Tuesday called for a “timeout” on bringing refugees from Syria into the United States.

“The question we should be asking is how can we help”, he said.

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin says his colleagues across the nation who say they won’t allow Syrian refugees into their states are “stomping on the qualities that make America great”.

The U.S. State Department said the refugees would be spread across the country. “We don’t know who these people are”. Most of these are medium-size and affordable places to live, with a pre-existing refugee community. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley – said the U.S. should admit far more than the 10,000 Syrians to which Obama has committed, but only with proper screening. “Because there’s no way to background check someone that’s coming from Syria”.