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Obama admin lobbies governors to accept Syrian refugees
The Washington Times ^ | February 22, 2016 | Dave Boyer

Posted on 02/22/2016 2:44:31 PM PST by jazusamo

Obama administration officials tried to reassure dozens of wary governors in a closed-door meeting that President Obama's proposal to relocate Middle Eastern refugees in their states is safe, two governors said Monday.

The briefing by senior administration officials last weekend was an effort to "find solutions to some misunderstandings and apprehensions that are out there," said Gov. Gary Herbert, Utah Republican and chairman of the National Governors Association.

Asked whether the meeting eased states' concerns about accepting refugees from crisis areas such as Syria and Iraq, Mr. Herbert replied, "We still have work to do."

After Mr. Obama announced his plan last fall to admit up to 10,000 refugees into the U.S. this year, governors of 30 states from Maine to Wyoming publicly asked for the resettlement of Syrian refugees to stop until security concerns and procedures could be addressed. New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan was the lone Democrat in the group.

The resistance to refugees intensified after Islamist terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, which raised fears of Islamic State fighters sneaking into the U.S. as refugees.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: earnest; governors; obama; obamagovernors; obamarefugees; refugeecrisis; refugeeresettlement; refugees; syria; syriarefugees
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To: laplata

And stand ready to call out the National Guard to enforce their borders. Tell Obama to shove it.


21 posted on 02/22/2016 3:21:34 PM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: jazusamo

Texas is full up. We have become Obama’s dumping ground for Cental American criminals and squartters and Houston and Dallas are infested with Muslims preaching jihad.


22 posted on 02/22/2016 3:37:59 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: jazusamo

Syria happened long after Bush.


23 posted on 02/22/2016 3:50:22 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: bigbob

And stand ready to call out the National Guard to enforce their borders. Tell Obama to shove it.


That’s right.

And County Sheriff’s can deputize a lot of law abiding gun owners.


24 posted on 02/22/2016 3:52:55 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: jazusamo

Or he could put them all up in Reggie’s room.


25 posted on 02/22/2016 4:01:41 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: jazusamo

Why bother lobbying? Looking at the way Republican governors have treated Trump, one would think they’d be DEMANDING to have their states filled with terrorists.


26 posted on 02/22/2016 4:30:58 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: jazusamo

Ten governors who agree should be exposed.


27 posted on 02/22/2016 4:37:27 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Ted Cruz is the man!)
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To: jazusamo

Most Americans won’t get it until the terrorist bombs start killing their friends and family in malls, schools and work places around where they live

That is what Muslims do, they kill infidels


28 posted on 02/22/2016 4:46:00 PM PST by politicianslie (What would a terrorist do if he were made POTUS? ANS: Exactly what Hussein Obama is doing!)
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To: jazusamo

He has to try to shoehorn them in so that thousands of them can disappear into the general population before President Trump takes over.


29 posted on 02/22/2016 7:48:46 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Who can actually defeat the Democrats in 2016? -- the most important thing about all candidates.)
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