U.S. Officials Moving Toward Legislation That Would ‘Pause’ Syrian Resettlement Program

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U.S. Officials Moving Toward Legislation That Would ‘Pause’ Syrian Resettlement Program
Syria refugee Nedal Al-Hayk works as a fabricator Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Zachary Stieber
11/18/2015
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11/18/2015

A woman pays her respects at a makeshift memorial next to the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, France, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. Suicide bombers killed dozens inside on Nov. 13, part of terror attacks across the French capital. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil )
A woman pays her respects at a makeshift memorial next to the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, France, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. Suicide bombers killed dozens inside on Nov. 13, part of terror attacks across the French capital. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil )

 

 

Paris Terrorist Was ‘Refugee’

Officials started to speak out about the program after it was revealed at least one of the Paris terrorists entered France posing as a regular refugee from Syria.

The suicide bomber, who was directly involved in the deaths of 129 people across the French capital, had a false passport that named him as Ahmad al Muhammad, a Syrian.

He entered Greece and then made his way through Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, and Austria on his way to France.

While over half of the U.S. governors have declared their opposition to the resettlement program, a few have come out and said they’re still welcoming refugees. 

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo became one of them this week when he said the moral cost of keeping the refugees out would be too high.

“We have to protect Americans and not lose our soul as America in the process. Right?” Cuomo said during an event at Harvard University, reported the Daily News. “The day America says, ‘Close the gates, build the wall,’ then I say take down the Statue of Liberty because you’ve gone to a different place.”