Larry Hogan joined the list of nation’s governors on Tuesday who say they do not want to re-settle Syrian refugees.
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Hogan writes that he made the request after careful consideration, following the terrorist attacks on Paris four days ago.
Five months after being told he had B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says he is “100% cancer free, and in complete remission”.
More than half of the country’s governors have now expressed concern or opposition to Mr. Obama’s pledge to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees this year, with the worries coming chiefly from Republicans such as Mr. Hogan.
Hogan said he will be regularly checked for signs of reoccurrence but test results show the 18-week chemotherapy treatment course worked effectively.
Not accepting refugees is a “betrayal of US values”, the president said.
Doug Mayer, a spokesman for Hogan, confirmed that the topic will be the governor’s health, though he declined to elaborate on the details that Hogan will discuss at the news conference Monday afternoon.
“Baltimore, Maryland and the United States have proud traditions of welcoming refugees seeking assistance from crises around the world”.
The proclamations carry no legal weight, argue critics, because states don’t have the authority to bar refugees from settling within their borders. There are few among us who can claim that their ancestors were indigenous to the United States.
Hogan’s statement puts him at odds with Maryland two senators, who last month asked for additional funding so that the State Department and Department of Homeland Security could process more refugee.
While the governor was undergoing treatment, he often took time to meet other patients and tour University of Maryland Medical System facilities such as the Drs. The majority came from Burma and Bhutan.
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Governors do not have veto power over refugees, but their cooperation is helpful when federal officials and non-profits are trying to identify target locations for resettlement, administration officials said.
