As refugees ostracized, a Syrian family finds peace in the U.S.
For Damascus resident Ali, life in Syria was an existence torn between two extremes. On the one hand, things were going well. Ali owned his own home, a car and even a furniture shop, which provided...
View ArticleAfter Paris Attacks, Don't Close Doors to Refugees – Open Them
The anti-Muslim ugliness began as soon as the attacks in Paris became international news. Texas senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz said in a statement Friday evening that the U.S. must...
View ArticleSeveral governors shutting their doors to Syrian refugees.
11 sitting governors are refusing to allow Syrian refugees into their states in response to Friday’s attack in...
View ArticleSyrian refugee policy takes focus in US presidential race
WASHINGTON: The bloody attacks in Paris are putting the Syrian refugee crisis at center stage in US politics as migrants from that war-torn country surge toward the West and security concerns rise....
View ArticleGovernors Express Opposition to Syrian Refugee Resettlement
View photo. Republican presidential candidate, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. (AP Photo/John Raoux) As of Monday afternoon, the...
View ArticleSyrian refugee policy takes focus in US 2016 politics
The bloody attacks in Paris are putting the Syrian refugee crisis at center stage in U.S. politics as migrants from that war-torn country surge toward the West and security concerns rise. GOP...
View ArticleAfter Paris attacks, Alabama and Michigan won't take Syrian refugees
The terrorist attacks in Paris Friday have ignited Republican opposition to letting Syrian refugees secure asylum in the United States – with two governors speaking out against resettling Syrians in...
View ArticleObama rips GOP for shutting door to Syrians
WASHINGTON — President Obama responded angrily Monday to opponents of admitting Syrian refugees to the U.S., taking aim at some GOP presidential candidates for...
View ArticleFour U.S. states shut doors to Syrian refugees after Paris attack
By Scott Malone (Reuters) - Texas and Arkansas on Monday joined two other U.S. states that have said they will no longer accept Syrian refugees, contending that allowing in people from that war-torn...
View ArticleUS Republicans seek to shut door on Syrian refugees; Donald Trump says would...
Reuters More than a dozen state governors refused on Monday to accept Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks, part of a mounting Republican backlash against the Obama administration's plan to accept...
View ArticleSeven US states shut doors to Syrian refugees after Paris attack
Five US governors on Monday said they would not allow Syrian refugees to be settled in their states, joining Alabama and Michigan and contending it is too dangerous to let in people from that war-torn...
View ArticleCalifornia, Bay Area politicos won't shut the door on Syrian refugees
Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris have some governors and presidential candidates clamoring to keep refugees from war-torn Syria out of the United States, but California and Bay Area officials say...
View ArticleRepublican lawmakers take aim at Syrian refugee plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan called Tuesday for a "pause" in Syrian refugees coming to the U.S. in the wake of the Paris attacks, and assembled a task force to bring legislation to a vote...
View ArticleGutierrez: 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.”...
View ArticleRepublicans object to more Syrian refugees entering US
More than half of America’s states are refusing to accept Syrian refugees in the wake of the Paris attacks as Republican presidential contenders propose restrictions on Muslims seeking refuge in the...
View ArticleNY Gov. Cuomo declares support for accepting Syrian refugees
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Rejecting Syrian refugees would be akin to "conceding defeat of the American dream," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday in a sharply worded response to those urging him to keep...
View ArticleChris Christie's Comments On Syrian Refugees Are An 'Embarrassment To This...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) had choice words Tuesday for Republican politicians who are trying to keep Syrian refugees out of the U.S. De Blasio specifically went after New Jersey Gov. Chris...
View ArticleTennessee GOP Lawmaker Wants To Round Up All Recent Syrian Refugees In The State
A top Republican leader in Tennessee not only doesn't want Syrian refugees coming to his state, but he also wants to round up and kick out all recent refugees from the war-torn country. "I'm not...
View ArticleUS Responds to Blow-Back on Syrian Refugees
Pamela Dockins, Nike Ching STATE DEPARTMENT— President Barack Obama’s administration is defending plans to admit thousands of Syrian refugees to the United States this year, in the wake of blow-back...
View ArticleWhy the Syrian refugee issue turned partisan so quickly
Since Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris, Republicans and Democrats have shown that they can at least mourn together. Beyond that, deep partisanship has quickly set in, particularly on US plans to...
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