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Judi Lynn

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Tue Apr 26, 2016, 05:41 PM Apr 2016

Kansas governor withdraws from Syrian refugee program

Source: Reuters

Kansas governor withdraws from Syrian refugee program

By Fiona Ortiz
April 26, 2016

(Reuters) - Kansas is withdrawing from plans to resettle Syrian refugees in the state after the federal government failed to provide security information and files on them, Republican Governor Sam Brownback said on Monday.

Brownback said in a statement that he repeatedly asked the administration of President Barack Obama for documentation on the screening of refugees that would be relocated from Syria to Kansas.

"Because the federal government has failed to provide adequate assurances regarding refugees it is settling in Kansas, we have no option but to end our cooperation with and participation in the federal refugee resettlement program," Brownback said.

Kansas has received a trickle of Syrian refugees. A family of three and two men have been resettled there in the past 15 months, a spokeswoman for Brownback said by email.


Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/kansas-governor-withdraws-syrian-refugee-program-173308970.html?nhp=1

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