US again slashing number of refugees it will accept
The U.S. will slash the number of refugees it will accept for a second straight year, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, insisting amid criticism from human rights groups that the country is still committed to providing sanctuary to people fleeing the world’s danger zones.
‘No Lost Generation’: Traveling exhibit aims to raise awareness, empathy for Syrian refugees
It took only a few minutes for Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science students Stephanie Dauber, Alexander Whitwam and Kennedy LaPort to view the exhibit on the second floor of the Mississippi University for Women Student Center Wednesday.
Wisconsin’s Walker asks Trump for more control over refugees
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker asked President-elect Donald Trump in a letter delivered Tuesday to give his state more authority in determining how many refugees can come from countries with ties to terrorism.
Senate to take up bill for more scrutiny of Syrian refugees
The Senate will consider new rigorous screening procedures for Syrian and Iraqi refugees seeking to enter the United States as national security looms large for voters in an election year.
Refugee program decried after Iraqis’ terror-related arrests
The U.S. refugee program came under fresh criticism Friday after federal authorities revealed that two Iraqi-born men arrested on terrorism-related charges had come to America as refugees.
Alabama sues federal government over refugee program
Alabama on Thursday became the second state to sue the U.S. government over refugee resettlement, accusing the Obama administration of failing to consult with states on placement of those who have fled their home countries.
Bryant talks Syrian refugees
One of Phil Bryant’s top priorities is keeping Mississippians safe.
Syrian refugees resettled in resistant Texas, Indiana
Syrian families have been settled in Texas and in Indiana, the groups helping them said Tuesday, defying efforts by the conservative states’ governors to stop their arrival.
Small Mississippi town opens doors to Syrian refugees
Officials in Louise, a Mississippi town of 200, say they’ll take refugees from Syria, even though Gov. Phil Bryant has said he’ll do “everything humanly possible” to keep such resettlements away from Mississippi.
Carson says safe zones in Syria better than refuge in US
Republican Ben Carson said Friday that creating safe zones in Syria and establishing a coalition government in the war-torn nation are better ways to deal with Syrian refugees than resettling them in the United States.
House OK of GOP Syrian refugee curbs is just start of fight
Republicans embarrassed President Barack Obama by winning veto-proof House approval of legislation blocking Syrian and Iraqi refugees from the U.S., but from here the effort may take a different turn in Congress.
Obama threatens to veto House GOP bill on Syrian refugees
The White House on Wednesday threatened a presidential veto of House Republican legislation aimed at increasing screenings for Syrian and Iraqi refugees before they enter the United States, calling new requirements in the bill “untenable.”
Republicans rush to shut borders to Syrian refugees
Republicans urged an immediate closure of America’s borders to Syrian refugees Tuesday, drawing angry denunciations from President Barack Obama and other Democrats and igniting an emotional debate about U.S. values in the wake of the deadly Paris terror attacks.
Slimantics: ‘Tis the season for fear and anger
Sometimes events happen that are so horrific, so shocking that we find it difficult to process. The Paris terrorist attacks, which left 129 dead, many more injured, and the rest of the world unnerved, is the most recent example.
Gov. Bryant says he wants no Syrian refugees in Miss.
Mississippi’s Phil Bryant is joining several other governors in saying they want to block the federal government from putting any Syrian refugees in their states.
Paris attacks provoke fresh migrant fears in Europe
The news that one of the assailants in the Paris attacks may have crossed into Europe with refugees fleeing Syria is raising the fierce debate over Europe’s immigration policy to a new pitch.
Kerry: US to accept 85K refugees in 2016, 100K in 2017
Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the United States would significantly increase the number of worldwide migrants it takes in over the next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former officials have urged.
A photo, a turning point? All depends on Europe’s leaders
The 3-year-old boy could have been dressed for preschool. Instead he was lying face down in the surf.
Refugees or migrants? Debate over words to describe crisis
Day after day, images of soaked and exhausted parents clutching their glassy-eyed children as they arrive on Europe’s shores make their way around the world.
Bryant distrust on government refugee program
Gov. Phil Bryant’s distrust of President Barack Obama is flaring again.