For the president to say this is a setback and we have ISIS contained is ridiculous.
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Of those 27 governors, all but one is a Republican. Kasich told the National Press Club today that states don’t have the authority to block refugee resettlement in the U.S., but he wants the feds to halt it until a system of checking out their backgrounds is better established.
The president made his remarks after speaking by telephone late Tuesday with more than 30 state governors, to whom he defended his actions related to accepting Syrian refugees and guaranteeing them that he will impose “more rigorous” controls to screen incoming foreigners for people who might want to harm USA institutions or citizens. There’s not a high likelihood that they would ever come here.
In MI, where it has been have been resettled in the past year, Governor Snyder has said he will suspend the acceptance of new refugees until the US Department of Homeland Security “completes a full review of security clearances and procedures”.
We don’t blame Florida Gov. Rick Scott and other governors around the country for being concerned about the federal plan to relocate Syrian refugees to their states.
The governors argue that they have a duty to protect the residents of their states.
“I can not think of a more potent recruitment tool for Isil than a few of the rhetoric that’s been coming out of here during the course of this debate”, he said, using another name for Islamic State.
President Obama defended his efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in the United States Wednesday, condemning criticism from many GOP presidential candidates as “political posturing”.
The UNHCR refers people to countries based on whether they have any family members there and where resettlement makes the most sense, say USA officials.
Seven of the perpetrators died in the attacks, and one of them is thought to have been a Syrian who entered Europe via Greece with migrants.
The House of Representatives will hold a meeting and a hearing Thursday on the Syrian refugee crisis. Lawrence Benito, executive director of the IL Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, says plans to move refugees to IL are continuing despite Rauner’s comments.
Earlier, in a conference call with reporters, senior administration officials who are leaders of the nation’s refugee program explained the process and extra vetting that Syrian refugees undergo, defending the program as one of America’s great traditions.
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The three critical Democrats argued in their statement that the refugee vetting process now takes up to two years.
