Paris attacks deepen Republican opposition to refugees
The deadly Paris attacks have intensified Republican opposition to letting thousands of Syrian refugees come to the United States.
Republican presidential contender Marco Rubio on Sunday said the United States cannot do so because it's impossible to know whether people fleeing Syria have links to Islamic militants -- an apparent shift from earlier statements in which he left open the prospect of migrants being admitted with proper vetting.
"It's not that we don't want to, it's that we can't," Rubio said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." "Because there's no way to background check someone that's coming from Syria. Who do you call and do a background check on them?"
The question of admitting Syrian refugees has for months been part of the national security discussion among 2016 candidates that cuts to the heart of the American identity as a refuge.
