The House Judiciary Subcommittee will also hold a hearing Thursday on the impact of the refugee crisis on the security of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program as a whole. He is one of a growing list of Governors to make this statement.
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US State Department lawyers say states can not lawfully stop refugees.
“We got a message from the White House for a conference call later on this evening with governors to finally communicate with us and respect our concerns and respect the people of the United States’ concerns”, McCrory said. “We always have been and we always will be”, said Speak Ryan.
“It’s vital to keep in mind those who are refugees are fleeing persecution”, said Michael Mitchell, with the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, an organisation working to resettle refugees in the US. In discussions, a lawmaker who supported the measure acknowledged that the effort is “symbolic”, according to NBC Chicago, because they have a limited ability to regulate the flow of refugees into their city.
“The federal government reaffirmed that refugees go through the highest level of security screening of any category of traveler to the United States”, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, said in a statement.
At least two dozen governors, mostly Republicans, have spoken out in their opposition to allowing Syrian refugees into their states.
While campaigning in Charleston, S.C., Monday, the Republican presidential candidate restated his belief Muslim refugees should settle in primarily Muslim countries, while Syrian Christians should be welcomed in the United States.
Republicans in the US House of Representatives in Congress are preparing legislation that threatens to suspend a White House refugee program for Syrians. So his announcement about Syrian refugees surprised many and caused criticism in his home state.
Refugees cleared by the State Department are assigned to one of nine national refugee resettlement organizations that place individuals in communities across the country, where local case managers help them resettle.
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Americans are split on the idea of sending USA troops to Iraq or Syria to combat the Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIL or ISIS), with 44 percent believing we should send ground forces and 45 percent disagreeing.
