Loading ...Mixed reception for arriving Syrian refugees as political outcry continues
By Pamela Constable
Syrian refugees encountered a mixture of welcome and rejection in various parts of the United States on Thursday as a political debate over whether the country should accept them continued to rage.
One family arrived safely in Michigan after three years in a Jordanian refugee settlement, another was welcomed in Connecticut after being rebuffed by Indiana, and plans for several more to go to Texas were reportedly put on hold.
On a day when the House of Representatives passed a measure requiring top U.S. officials to sign off on every refugee being admitted into the country, aid workers and Muslim activists in half a dozen states said they were working to reassure tense and fearful refugees that they were safe and not in jeopardy of removal.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com