The federal government shot a warning to state resettlement officials, telling them they do not have the authority to deny the entry of Syrian refugees.
In a letter sent Wednesday, Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Director Robert Carey said he is aware of the concern expressed by some local leaders in allowing Syrian refugees into their states. Carey advised that "all refugees are subject to the highest level of security checks of any category of traveler to the United States," in what he called a "multi-layered and intensive screening and vetting process involving multiple law enforcement, national security, and intelligence across the Federal government."
"Syrian refugees are subject to even more precautions than other refugees," he added.
More than half of the nation's governors have pledged not to allow Syrian refugees into their states following the wave of terror attacks that hit Paris earlier in the month, which left 130 dead and hundreds more injured. It is suspected that at least one of the attackers gained entry into France through the European refugee resettlement program. The governors cited security concerns on the possibility of terrorists slipping into the U.S. using the refugee program.
States are required to provide "assistance and services ... to refugees without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex or political position" according to the Refugee Act of 1980, the letter points out.
"States may not deny ORR-funded benefits and services to refugees based on a refugee's country of origin or religious affiliation," the letter states. "Accordingly, states may not deny ORR-funded benefits and services to Syrian refugees."
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5 comments:
So much for government for the people and by the people. The majority of states have indicated they don't wish to participate due to the voice of the population of those states saying no.
The USA is now ruled by a tyrant instead of the people.
One Nation under ?
and if these states bring in refugees and something should happen the government wont be responsible saying we did the best we could
What about states rights under the constitution? If the feds want to with hold funding of one program then we have the right to tell them to keep the money we don"t need it if we are not taking any refugees covered under that program!
If the states are forced to accept these immigrants, we can make them very unhappy. When you serve them in restaurants, make sure the food tastes awful, doctors can be lax in providing medical treatment, make rude comments to them on the streets, etc.
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