Walker says no to Syrian refugees in state

“Further, I call upon the Obama administration to work with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security to confirm the backgrounds of the 59 Syrian refugees recently resettled to ensure they do not pose a security threat to our citizens”.

But after a Syrian passport was found near the body of one of the suspects in Friday’s attacks in Paris, the governors of more than a dozen US states said they would not accept refugees from Syria.

Walker previously called for no Syrian refugees to be admitted to the United States in September, before he dropped out of the 2016 Republican presidential primary race.

In a Sunday statement, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said he would “not place Alabamians at even the slightest possible risk of an attack on our people”.

But Pritchard told The Daily Republic on Monday that accepting refugees is a federal decision, and, “It’s not clear that states have any say over this”. Iowa’s Republican Gov. Terry Branstad acknowledged governors might lack authority but added he wants more information about refugee placement and the vetting process.

The head of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigration said that under the Refugee Act of 1980, governors can’t legally block refugees from settling in their communities.

“The federal government has the power over immigration”, said Deborah Anker, a professor of law at Harvard Law School who specializes in immigration issues.

Greek authorities say 1,244 refugees and economic migrants have been rescued from frail craft in danger over the past three days in the Aegean Sea, as thousands continue to arrive on the Greek islands.

American officials have called the Syrian refugees the most scrutinized group entering the country today.

Governors from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, OH and Texas all said they did not want refugees from the war-torn country in their state, saying safety of their own citizens is a first priority.

Among these 27 states, all but one have Republican governors.

“The governor doesn’t believe the US should accept additional Syrian refugees because security and safety issues can not be adequately addressed”. “Millions of Syrians are fleeing their homes to resettle in neighboring countries”.

“While we are a nation of immigrants, a full background investigation is essential to any immigrant’s path into our nation”, Carter said. Hassan also says more facts are needed on how the attackers got into Paris before the United States takes more Syrian refugees.

A few countries have told them to stay out.

On Monday, Obama said the Paris attack would not change his plans to resettle Syrians in America. In a letter to Obama, the Republican also urged scrapping federal plans to accept more Syrian refugees into the country as a whole.

And he suggested Obama hold off on taking in more refugees. Real estate mogul Donald Trump said the US should increase surveillance of mosques, consider closing any tied to radicals and be prepared to suspend a few civil liberties. “There would be a screening process for anyone coming into this nation, from any part of the world, to make sure they have no ill intentions toward the United States”. She says refugees from other nations in SC have been persecuted for being Christians, for their political views or because they were interpreters for American military personnel.

Gov. Jay Inslee says Washington state will welcome Syrian refugees.