By Matthew Bell People from Syria, lucky enough to have escaped the civil war alive, then to make it all the way to the United States as refugees, have stepped into a political free-fire zone. More than half of US governors, all but one of them Republicans, say that Syrian refugees are not Continue Reading
At Heart Of Refugee-Resettlement Debate, A Rift Between Church And State
By NPR Staff The resettling of Syrian refugees in the U.S. has become a political and religious flashpoint. On Friday, for instance, Texas dropped its request for a federal court to immediately block Syrian refugees from entering the state. A Syrian family, including two young children, is now Continue Reading