Gutierrez: Rauner's ban on Syrian refugees 'cowardly'

WASHINGTON – Rep. Luis Gutierrez on Tuesday ripped Gov. Bruce Rauner’s move to ban, for now, Syrian refugees from Illinois as “despicable and cowardly and precisely the kind of reaction ISIS wanted.” In the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, Rauner on Monday said he would temporarily suspend Illinois accepting Syria refugees, even though a governor does not have the power to block people admitted to the U.S. legally from living where they want. Because of fear of a terrorist infiltrating the ranks of refugees allowed in the U.S., half of the nations governors on Monday said they either opposed...