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Deal Rescinds Order Preventing Syrian Refugee Resettlement
Source: Associated Press
Deal Rescinds Order Preventing Syrian Refugee Resettlement
By KATHLEEN FOODY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Jan 4, 2016, 4:31 PM ET
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal rescinded an executive order trying to stop resettlement of Syrian refugees on Monday, five days after Attorney General Sam Olens issued an official opinion that he didn't have that authority.
Deal's one-sentence order cited Olens' opinion, and gave no further explanation.
Olens wrote in the opinion released last week that he wasn't aware of "any law or agreement that would permit a state to carve out refugees from particular countries from participation in the refugee resettlement program, no matter how well-intentioned or justified the desire to carve out such refugees might be."
"Accordingly, it is my official opinion that both federal law and the State's agreement to act as the state refugee resettlement coordinator prevent the State from denying federally-funded benefits to Syrian refugees lawfully admitted into the United States," he wrote.
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By KATHLEEN FOODY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Jan 4, 2016, 4:31 PM ET
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal rescinded an executive order trying to stop resettlement of Syrian refugees on Monday, five days after Attorney General Sam Olens issued an official opinion that he didn't have that authority.
Deal's one-sentence order cited Olens' opinion, and gave no further explanation.
Olens wrote in the opinion released last week that he wasn't aware of "any law or agreement that would permit a state to carve out refugees from particular countries from participation in the refugee resettlement program, no matter how well-intentioned or justified the desire to carve out such refugees might be."
"Accordingly, it is my official opinion that both federal law and the State's agreement to act as the state refugee resettlement coordinator prevent the State from denying federally-funded benefits to Syrian refugees lawfully admitted into the United States," he wrote.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/deal-rescinds-order-preventing-syrian-refugee-resettlement-36083525
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