IL no longer will accept Syrian refugees due to heightened security concerns in the wake of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced Monday.
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The news release from Rauner’s office states the recent terror attacks in Paris reminds citizens of “the all-too-real security threats facing America”, and that IL “must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of our citizens”.
“No refugee related to the Syrian crisis should be admitted to the United States unless the Administration can guarantee, with 100 percent assurance, that they are not members, supporters, or sympathizers of ISIS”, Kirk said in a statement.
Miller applauds Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s swift decision to at least temporarily shut Michigan’s doors to a few of the almost 4.3 million refugees who’ve fled war-torn Syria since 2011, according to Syrian Regional Refugee Response website. “We forget the sorrow”, she said.
Bold new ideas for helping Syrian refugees and their overburdened Middle Eastern host countries are gaining traction among worldwide donors, shocked into action by this year’s migration of hundreds of… We don’t need to have refugees coming to America.
In all, Republican governors of 10 states – Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, Texas, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, and MA – have moved to block Syrian refugees from relocating to their states for now, as of midday Monday. Even if they prevent agencies from resettling them in their states – and federal law and U.S. Supreme Court precedent strongly indicate that they do not have legal grounds to do so – they can’t do anything to stop refugees taken in by other states from moving to them. “We can and must do both”. “We don’t have religious tests to our compassion”, the president said.
“While the USA has a long history of assisting refugees from across the globe, we must not lose sight of the significant threat posed by ISIS fighters who seek to exploit our generosity and do this nation irreparable harm”.
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Her primary opponent, Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Schamburg, has proposed the USA take in 200,000 Syrian refugees.
