Obama praises Americans’ generosity in Thanksgiving message

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. The United States is leading an worldwide coalition fighting the group in Syria and Iraq.

One woman from Pennsylvania wrote to me to say, Money is tight for us in my household.

On Monday American Civil Liberties Union sued Indiana Gov. Mike Pence for attempting to suspend Syrian refugee relocation into his state. “If you are a terrorist, you definitely do not want to come through the refugee process because you will be caught”. And what happened in Paris hasn’t stopped Americans from opening their arms anyway.

Still, Obama reassured Americans in his weekly address refugees entering.

Do state governors have a say in whether refugees can settle in a particular state?

The entire resettlement process can take up to a couple of years, Alba said, with much depending on how long it takes to screen refugees.

Meriden told Hashtag VOA that she expects to get a response from the Maryland governor soon.

Hogan’s office has not commented on the matter.

He called for Americans to display their full “generosity” in welcoming refugees into the country with no reservations.

“We equip churches to respond tangibly”, Yang said. “We haven’t had complaints about the process not working”.

Obama’s address comes amid an impassioned political discussion regarding the US welcoming Syrian refugees following the Paris terror attacks.

A spokesman for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which oversees refugee resettlement in the state, said the letter will not change the state’s position of blocking Syrian refugees.

“In 1620, a small band of pilgrims came to this continent, refugees who had fled persecution and violence in their native land”, he said. We can be thankful that we live in a country where all of us are created equal.

Roughly 2,200 Syrian refugees have been allowed in over the last four years.

Burden or benefit to society? They can be resettled in the Middle East. There are legitimate concerns about whether they can be vetted, and why so many of them are young men, not women and children.

He further criticized the administration as “hypocritical” for threatening states that might not comply with refugee resettlement while turning a blind eye to sanctuary cities – that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement. In 2014, MRS resettled 20,875 refugees from around the world in the U.S. It is the largest nongovernmental resettlement agency in the world.

ICMC has worked in two refugee support centers in Istanbul and Beirut during the Syrian crisis. “That means a lot of new talent, skills, and cultural perspective”, she said.

U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a press conference following the G20 summit in Antalya on November 16, 2015. Obama, however, has vowed to veto the bill.