Obama slammed as ‘hypocritical’ after warning governors that they don’t have

USA policy calls for accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year; since the start of 2014, Texas has accepted 224 Syrian refugees.

“We don’t want these refugees in our state”, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said. “We turn Lady Liberty’s light to the world, and widen our circle of concern to say that all God’s children are worthy of our compassion and care”, Obama added.

Following the lethal assaults in Paris and the revelation that one of many terrorists might have entered Europe as a part of the wave of Syrians fleeing their struggle-torn homeland, a debate has flared in the USA concerning the advisability of taking in refugees from that Middle Eastern nation.

Refugees go through “the most intensive security screening of any travelers to the United States”, according to Simon Henshaw, a State Department official involved in refugee and migration issues.

The letter was in response to the announcement made by over 24 governors, majority Republicans, who said that they would reject efforts to resettle refugees coming from Syria in their states due to the November 13 incident in Paris and due to fear that the resettlement could be exploited in order for militant groups to enter the U.S.

Mr Obama has vowed to veto the House refugee bill. The governors cited security concerns on the possibility of terrorists slipping into the US using the refugee program.

“And as president, I’m thankful that I get to see the best of America every day – the courage of our troops and veterans, the resilience of our families, and the basic goodness of the ordinary people who call this country”, he said. Apparently, the president can’t tell the difference as he tries to reassure us that all is well.

Three are some 4 million Syrian refugees that have fled and are living outside of the country; most of the refugees live in either Turkey or Jordan, far and away the two largest state recipients. The House passed a bill last week that would suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the USA until key national security agencies certify they don’t pose a security risk. That was the case before Paris, and that is the case now.

“It is the most robust screening process for any category of individuals seeking admissions into the United States”, the letter insists, “and it is only after admission that ORR and our partners in resettlement begin our work.”

“To refugees without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex, or political opinion”. No one has committed more sins of omission, no one has so ruthlessly sacrificed the well-being of Syria’s people for his own ends, as the man in the White House.

Obama’s warning, which came in a letter from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) signed by director Robert Carey, sets the stage for a Tenth Amendment showdown, pitting the states against the federal government.