Post by Logan on Feb 21, 2016 7:29:48 GMT -6
WASHINGTON — Many governors continue to vent their frustration about a lack of information concerning Syrian refugees coming to their states, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said Saturday.
“The federal government is just not sharing information with us with regard to refugees from Syria and Iraq,” said Branstad, a Republican. “They won’t tell us who they are, who they’re being placed with. They want us to trust them but they don’t trust us and we don’t think that’s fair.”
In a separate interview, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, also a Republican, said that he has actually seen more willingness from federal officials to provide information on their vetting process and acknowledge the need for special attention to refugees from Syria and Iraq.
But he stressed that more needs to be done.
“The federal government really has bypassed us and it ought not to be that way. We ought to be a partner in this,” Ricketts said. “Ultimately at the end of the day these refugees aren’t settling in some generic place called the United States. They settle in our communities, in our towns and they’re in our states — and it’s the job of the governors to protect the people in our states.”
Read more: www.omaha.com/news/politics/ricketts-branstad-talk-refugees-economy-at-governors-summit/article_d5565cc4-7c68-5437-9ec1-c0978a8ed937.html
“The federal government is just not sharing information with us with regard to refugees from Syria and Iraq,” said Branstad, a Republican. “They won’t tell us who they are, who they’re being placed with. They want us to trust them but they don’t trust us and we don’t think that’s fair.”
In a separate interview, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, also a Republican, said that he has actually seen more willingness from federal officials to provide information on their vetting process and acknowledge the need for special attention to refugees from Syria and Iraq.
But he stressed that more needs to be done.
“The federal government really has bypassed us and it ought not to be that way. We ought to be a partner in this,” Ricketts said. “Ultimately at the end of the day these refugees aren’t settling in some generic place called the United States. They settle in our communities, in our towns and they’re in our states — and it’s the job of the governors to protect the people in our states.”
Read more: www.omaha.com/news/politics/ricketts-branstad-talk-refugees-economy-at-governors-summit/article_d5565cc4-7c68-5437-9ec1-c0978a8ed937.html