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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“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.”
‘So This Is How Liberty Dies...With Thunderous Applause’
Try and enforce it...I guess these CLOWNS have NEVER seen armed Americans as far as the eye can see.
Just like illegals.
All roads lead to Obama.
yep////// land in America ..... sign up for welfare
government of by and for the PEOPLE....who is kidding who
this government thinks the PEOPLE work for it....
WE DONT WANT UNVETTED JIHADIS BROUGHT INTO THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY DONT RESPECT IT AND OPPOSE OUR FUNDAMENTAL IDEALS OF PERSONAL FREEDOM AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.......
LET THEM STAY WHERE THEY ARE AND CHANGE THINGS
there are already 1000 isis operatives here... what are these REINFORCEMENTS....
If states can reject the Constitutional RKBA, you bet they can reject terrorist migrants!!!
This is one case where the 10th Amendment actually works!
Martial law begins that minute, and the objective will be to kill US citizens.
“But officials at several American refugee resettlement agencies said................”
Who are getting MILLIONS in Federal Money.
As always, follow the money.
From Townhall yesterday
http://m.townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2015/11/15/syrian-refugees-arrive-in-new-orleans-n2080928?utm_source=thfbp&utm_medium=fbpage&utm_campaign=thupdate
“Governor Bobby Jindal expressed his concerns to the president by writing a letter to the executive office.”
THAT is why states are powerless. A letter.
How F*** you! That's why.
“When, oh when, is the much needed civil war to start?”
When folks get the hell away from their laptops/smartphones and do something other than complain.
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When did NGO's start telling governors what they can and can't do.
“Why not? If individual cities can refuse to enforce immigration laws and declare themselves “Sanctuary citiesâ€, then why can’t the states ignore the federal government on this issue?”
Because it doesn’t favor their agenda.
It could have been a sternly worded letter.
CW-II
Damn that’s a lot of government we’re buried under!
What hypocrites these liberal socialist are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These “religious” and other organizations have sold their souls for millions of dollars. Their hatred of Free Americans apparently knows no limits. May Righteous Justice find them for their degeneracy and worship of $$$$$.
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