Four US states shut doors to Syrian refugees after Paris attack
Texas and Arkansas on Monday joined two other US states that have said they will no longer accept Syrian refugees, contending that allowing in people from that war-torn country was too dangerous following Friday's deadly Paris attack.
Republican Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, following the lead of Alabama and Michigan, said their states would no longer help support the Obama administration's goal of accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming years.
"Texas cannot participate in any program that will result in Syrian refugees - any one of whom could be connected to terrorism - being resettled in Texas," Abbott said in an open letter to US President Barack Obama on Monday. "Neither you nor any federal official can guarantee that Syrian refugees will not be part of any terroristic activity."
