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Governors Don't Want Syrian Refugees. Mayors Are Asking for Even More
Your state might oppose Syrian refugee resettlement, but odds are your city feels the opposite.
Eighteen mayors signed a letter in September telling President Barack Obama that they could take in even more Syrian refugees. The leaders of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other cities urged the president to increase the number of refugees that the U.S. plans to admit.
Since the November 13 attacks in Paris, the political landscape has shifted. The governors of more than half of U.S. states have said, with varying degrees of intensity, that they do not want any Syrian refugees resettling within their borders. All but one of them, New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan, is a Republican.