Key Republicans Call for Suspending Syrian Refugee Resettlements

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday joined with a growing number of Republican governors who are critical of efforts by the Obama administration to relocate Syrian refugees to the United States.

“As the federal elected body that exercises oversight and authorizing federal spending, please take any action available through the powers of the United States Congress to prevent federal allocations toward the relocation of Syrian refugees without extensive examination into how this would affect our homeland security”, Scott wrote in the letter.

Walker issued a statement Monday calling on President Barack Obama to not allow any Syrian refugees into the United States pending a full review of security and acceptance procedures.

Original story: Several states are rethinking plans to accept refugees after the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Gov. Mike Pence says he is telling all state agencies to suspend the resettlement of additional Syrian refugees in IN following the deadly attacks in Paris.

“Instead”, Cruz said, “we should be resettling them humanely in Middle Eastern countries that are majority Muslim”.

The Republican governors of ME, Nebraska, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Ohio, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Georgia and IL joined their counterparts in Alabama and MI in saying they would no longer help settle Syrian refugees.

“I believe in humanity… but I’m concerned that these people are going to come in without being vetted”, Larson said.

Democratic governors in Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Washington and Vermont said they’d continue accepting Syrian refugees, too. “I’m certainly all for humanity”. “I want us to be an open and welcoming people but Secretary Rice is right that those of us at the state level and the local level have the first responsibility for keeping our citizens safe. Authorities need to investigate what happened in Europe before this problem comes to the United States”, Jindal said.

Gov. Bobby Jindal – a GOP presidential contender – announced Monday that he would work to stop the relocation of Syrian refugees to Louisiana.

The Governor of MI earlier called for accepting more refugees, but that is now on hold.

“The people who are fleeing Syria are the most harmed by terrorism”, Obama said in Antalya, Turkey, at a meeting of the G20. In consultation with our Adjutant General, who also serves as my Homeland Security Advisor, it is clear that the influx of Syrian refugees poses a threat.

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

On Sunday, investigators said that one of the Paris bombers carried Syrian identification papers – possibly forged – and the fear of Syrian refugees grew worse.

A few interpret Friday’s attacks as evidence that refugees are unsafe, Riemer said, but he disagrees with that interpretation. There is virtually no vetting cause there are no databases in Syria, there are no government records.

“Here are people who are facing frightful violence and persecution”, Nezer said.

“It’s not that we don’t want to – it’s that we can’t”, Florida Sen. and Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “Because there’s no way to background check someone that’s coming from Syria”.