To authorize the Governor of any State in which it is proposed to place or resettle a Syrian refugee to refuse such placement or resettlement if the Governor makes certain certifications, and for other purposes.
We at NumbersUSA have always been slow and cautious about responding to tragedies. We want to be sure we have enough facts before speaking and acting. And we also have not wanted to be ambulance chasers who unfairly exploit a crisis.
By yesterday, though, it seemed clear that the Paris situation demanded a practical security response in the United States, regardless of the exact nature of the perpetrators as being among or shielded by refugee flows from the Middle East.
In response to news media requests for a NumbersUSA statement yesterday, we issued the following:
Martin O’Malley, the former governor of Maryland, who is polling under 3 percent nationally and is only at 4 percent in his home state, responded to a question about border security in Saturday night’s Democratic presidential primary debate.
H.R. 4025 would halt refugee resettlement of foreign nationals from Syria or whose last known residence was Syria. Resettlement would not restart until Congress passed a joint resolution.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that refugees may not be resettled in any State where the governor of that State has taken any action formally disapproving of the resettlement of refugees in that State, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4031, the Defund the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Program Act of 2015, would halt refugee resettlement of foreign nationals from Syria or whose last known residence was Syria.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a limitation on the resettlement of refugees.
H.R. 4033, the Refugee Relocation Security Act, would halt refugee resettlement of foreign nationals from Syria or Iraq or whose last known residence was Syria or Iraq.
H.R. 4034, the Secure Fence Restoration Act of 2015, would require completion of the border fence under the Secure Fence Act of 2006 by the end of 2017.
H.R. 4044, would halt refugee resettlement of foreign nationals from Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan or whose last known residence was in one of those countries.
