GOP Govs In 2 States: No More Syrian Refugees After Paris Attacks!

Although more than half of US governors have objected to plans to resettle Syrian refugees in the United States, with a few declaring that they won’t allow resettlement in their states, the federal government controls resettlement programs.

States protesting the admission of refugees range from Alabama and Georgia, to Texas and Arizona, to MI and IL, to ME and New Hampshire.

The United States has accepted 1,500 Syrian refugees this year and intends to permit 10,000 more in 2016.

Miller said Bush does not believe the USA should eliminate support for refugees.

“The attacks in Paris show the bad brutality these refugees fled”, Parker said.

“Our national and our state have a shared history of providing safe haven for those displaced by conflict, but the news surrounding the Paris terror attacks reminds us of the all-too-real security threats facing America”. They also said that states should have a stronger role in that process.

When governors say they’re telling their state governments not to “admit” Syrian refugees, they’re using the term for officially letting the refugees into the country – which is something they don’t have the authority to do.

“Michigan is a welcoming state and we are proud of our rich history of immigration”, Snyder’s statement read.

Potential refugees first apply for asylum through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the worldwide body in charge of protecting and assisting refugees.

MI has one of the largest Arab-immigrant populations in the US, including about 120,000 MI residents of Lebanese and Syrian decent, according to CNBC. “Unless and until the state of IN receives assurances that proper security measures are IN place, this policy will remain IN full force and effect”.

“The governor strongly opposes the Obama Administration’s plan to accept more Syrian refugees until there is a very clear plan in place to properly vet and place the refugees, and the voices of governors and the public can be heard”.

Obama, responding to a question at a news conference Monday at the Group of 20 summit in Antalya, said suggestions by a few Republican presidential candidates that the USA impose a religious test on Syrian refugees are “shameful” and un- American. Perhaps more immediate than piles of stored corpses was last week’s news, not covered in the American press it seems, of at least 18 refugees who drowned when their boat sank on the way to Lesbos.

The federal government has sole authority to decide who gets allowed into the United States.

Refugees resettled into the USA are legal residents and can travel freely within the country.

“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”, Jindal said. But if she wants to send a message to the federal government that the state won’t help refugees, she can stop the “pass-through” money from, well, passing through. They are now being shunned more strongly than before over fears that terrorists could be mixed in with them.

And he suggested Obama hold off on taking in more refugees.

The UNHCR essentially decides who merits refugee status based on the parameters laid out in the 1951 Refugee Convention, which states that a refugee is someone who “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to, or owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country”. Those include interviews by the US Department of Homeland Security, and security checks by the Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and multiple intelligence agencies.

NY Rep. Peter King, speaking on Fox News, cast doubt on Rhodes’ comments.

What are the challenges associated with vetting these refugees? There is virtually no vetting cause there are no databases in Syria, there are no government records.

Abbott said in his letter that he’s directing his state resettlement program not to participate in the relocation of Syrian refugees. “We know that ISIS is infiltrating the ranks of these migrants”. “Because there’s no way to background check someone that’s coming from Syria”.