Posted on 11/16/2015 1:17:52 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
More than a dozen governors have said in the wake of the Paris attacks that they do not want their states to accept Syrian refugees.
But officials at several American refugee resettlement agencies said Monday that state and local officials cannot physically prevent refugees from being resettled in their areas. They said that all refugees who arrive in the United States must first be approved for legal entry by the federal government after a lengthy screening process and that their housing arrangements are made through long-term contracts and relationships with city, county and state governments.
“Governors and state officials do not have the capability to prevent a refugee who is here and admitted lawfully to the U.S. from residing in their state. It is not something they can do,†said Lucy Carrigan, a spokeswoman for the International Rescue Committee. “There is a close collaboration with governors and mayors and community leaders about the capacity of the area for refugees and where they can go, but once they have legal status, you cannot impede their transit between different states.â€
A total of about 1,900 Syrian refugees have been resettled in the United States in the past two years, all of them brought directly from camps and settlements in countries surrounding Syria. Carrigan and others said none of them had been part of the wave of migrants coming through Europe. The 1,900 are a tiny fraction of the 200,000 living near Syria who have been approved for resettlement in the United States. The International Rescue Committee, based in New York, has resettled about 250 of them. . .
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“The 1,900 are a tiny fraction of the 200,000 living near Syria who have been approved for resettlement in the United States. “
I don’t dare post what I am thinking.
I appreciate so many governors taking a stand against taking in these islamists, but how exactly will they keep them out. There is no border control between states, and once they are made legal residents by the fed, how will they be stopped from going across state lines?
They tried that with “immigrants”.
The local sheriff has the RESPONSIBILITY to stand up to the feds forcing things like this on his constituents.
They’ve long passed the point of governing at the consent of the governed.
No skill? ha! I'd like to see you build a suicide vest like these guys.
200,000???
Then there are the zillion Muslims that aren’t refugees. The schools here in South Alabama are increasingly populated by them. And they have chips on their shoulders about how the Caucasian world is showing such support for Paris but not for this place and that place. (Muslim-populated areas)
“We are a banana republic”
Is that because Obama?
Just because the Regressives and the halfrican want it so, don’t make it so.
I was gonna say, sounds like a dare to me.
Yes they can! Simply refuse to let them deplane (or deboard whatever mode of transportation). Ignore the federal traitors.
Because the actual details of refugee resettlement get handled by what are basically state based and funded organization. And more practically, from a political point of view, because Governors are politicians and they, even the Democratic ones, don't want to end up being the guy or gal who hosted somebody who turns out to be a terrorist.
Only when this stuff interferes with football games.
The kenyan antichrist must be hanged.
If the camps aren’t there...
I would resist state by state and use the courts one by to force action putting the onus squarely on the administration for each migrant. Secondly, I would set up a website and post pictures and location of each Islamic migrant so neighbors can be informed.
After the events in Paris on 11/13, I will be adding
this to my posts for the next week. I'm certain our
turn is coming again soon. We stand united against
Islamic extremists.
Some music for reflection if the mood strikes you.
Courtesy of: Kartographer
beautiful [02:23]
An honorable mention also goes out to Lassana Bathily , a Muslim immigrant from Mali.
Mr. Bathily sheltered customers at the Jewish Deli and helped police by providing info
on the terrorists, and providing the location of survivors in the deli.
Courtesy of: Tijeras_Slim
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