Obama Administration Wants Syrian Refugees Allowed In Texas
The Obama administration is telling a federal judge that officials in Texas haven't shown that there's any threat posed by Syrian refugees who are attempting to resettle in the state.
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The Obama administration is telling a federal judge that officials in Texas haven't shown that there's any threat posed by Syrian refugees who are attempting to resettle in the state.
Texas is dropping immediate efforts to block the arrival of Syrian refugees who are scheduled to resettle in the state next week. Both the ACLU and President Obama said that the state had no authority to stop the refugees from coming.
In the last five years, Texas has taken in more refugees than any other state, including 243 from Syria, according to the U.S. State Department. Two more families from Syria arrive in Dallas in the next 10 days.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner said a non-profit resettlement agency is ignoring a directive to relocate Syrians somewhere other than Texas.
Amid a growing political controversy, the Obama administration on Wednesday reminded state officials across the country that states do not have legal authority to refuse to accept Syrian refugees.
They also gathered to protest Gov. Greg Abbott's vow to bar Syrian refugees from resettling in Texas.
Texas has instructed volunteer organizations that settle international refugees statewide to immediately stop helping Syrians — even though it may not have the authority to do so.
Federal officials say eight Syrians have turned themselves over to immigration authorities along the Texas-Mexico border.
Kalo is guiding a tour of Dallas' small Syrian refugee community, and the little girl is his first introduction.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state law enforcement leaders to ensure that refugees in Texas don't "pose a risk to public safety."
Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday informed President Barack Obama that, in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris, the State of Texas would not by accepting any refugees from Syria.
Toyota has spoken with officials about the prominent use of its vehicles by militants in Syria, Iraq and Libya.
A 24-year-old Austin man has been sentenced to 82 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges he sought to join the Islamic State group.
A U.S. Attorney's Office statement says Asher Abid Khan was arrested Tuesday and charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
Sixty-five percent of Americans now say the threat from the Islamic State group is important.
The U.S. launched its first airstrikes against ISIS in Syria.
U.S. airstrikes continue to pound Islamic militants in Iraq to keep them from their campaign of killing. On Monday, FBI Director James Comey sounded the alarm in Dallas about the militants known as ISIL.
President Obama's first two defense secretaries questioned his Syria strategy and said they would have told him not to seek approval for a strike on President Assad's forces.
Two Republican senators who have sharply criticized President Barack Obama's foreign policy say a Syrian chemical weapons agreement hailed by the president is meaningless.
In an exclusive interview with Charlie Rose, President Bashar Assad said that he is "disappointed" in the Obama administration for pursuing a strike against Syria.
As President Obama says he'll seek congressional approval for military strikes against the Assad regime, several members of the Texas Congressional delegation are expressing their opinions on the idea.
Just two hours prior to President Obama's speech on Syria, members of the Syrian American Council gathered in downtown Dallas to call for action.
President Obama said Saturday that he has decided the U.S. should take military action against the Syrian regime in retaliation for its use of chemical weapons.
Romney won this debate in more ways than one – most impressively due to his dignified style.
What was most clear tonight, though, is that Mitt Romney has no idea how the world works and the Office of the President is no place for on the job training.
