Governors and lawmakers across the nation have reacted sharply to the potential influx of refugees fleeing violence in the Middle East by saying they oppose or outright refuse to take them in.
The sudden spark of xenophobia was prompted by the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday and subsequent speculation that the so-called Islamic State could hide agents among the flow of refugees.
There's little the governors can actually do to prevent resettlement as the program is federally administered. The State Department on Monday said it would not change its plan to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year.