Republican governors are vowing to refuse Syrian refugees in the aftermath of last week’s deadly terrorist attacks in Paris linked to Islamic State, even though a resettlement official said they have little direct authority to do so. Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama was among those suggesting Monday that the legislation should include provisions requiring congressional approval of increasing the number of refugees and funding, which could otherwise happen without Congress’ say-so. Predictably, the harrowing scenes of carnage in Paris on Friday are fueling calls to shut down borders and halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees in Western nations.
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Republican presidential contender Ben Carson, a retired brain surgeon, said that from the viewpoint of the Islamic State group, it would be “almost malpractice” not to do everything possible to infiltrate the refugee ranks with militants bent on waging jihad. Stemming the exodus of refugees from Syria must be an important part of any comprehensive plan to end the Syrian war.
But at least Jindal’s statement applied to all Syrian refugees.
On Tuesday, Governor Scott Walker sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell expressing concerns about accepting Syrian refugees.
He said that Syria’s neighbors Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, which have absorbed the bulk of Syrian refugees in recent years, deserve more help.
Wolf also is committed “to protecting Pennsylvanians and will work with the federal government to ensure it is taking every precaution necessary in screening those families coming into the country”, Sheridan added. It’s unfortunate that a few states are trying to make Syrian refugees fleeing terrorism themselves feel unwelcome, she said.
Once refugees are settled, they are free to go wherever they want, Nezer said.
Besides Pennsylvania, four states – Colorado, Delaware, Vermont and Washington – announced they will continue to accept refugees. He’s asking Obama to stop locating them in OH and is “also looking at what additional steps OH can take to stop resettlement of these refugees”. “Slamming the door in their faces would be a betrayal of our values”.
Millions of Syrians have fled to neighboring Middle Eastern countries and Europe, and President Barack Obama’s administration has pledged to accept about 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next 12 months. “It has become apparent there are not proper security procedures in place to appropriately background and accurately ascertain the identities of those entering our country through the Syrian refugee program”.
European countries, Canada and the United States are facing calls to deny entry to refugees after French investigators said one of the Paris attackers was a Syrian national who may have slipped into Europe as part of a wave of migrants.
The resettlement agencies then decide the best place to place the refugees, typically where family members are already living, if medical treatment or other services are needed, and where there is capacity, she said. They mean to kill us.
“It’s really hard to see exactly what this is other than political”, Nezer said of the governors’ statements.
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“We don’t have religious tests to our compassion”, Obama said.
