Obama hits out at United States refugee 'hysteria'

Scott Walker of Wisconsin who already said they oppose accepting refugees now. They want temporary delays while seeking more information about security checks or they are fighting outright any refugee resettlement in their states.

Earlier in the day, Inslee participated in a conference call with security experts and faith leaders, where he reiterated his welcoming approach to Syrian refugees.

The United States has accepted 1,500 Syrian refugees this year and intends to permit 10,000 more in 2016.

As Republicans push to temporarily freeze the admission of Syrian refugees into the USA, two Texas congressman say they want to suspend funding for all refugee resettlement efforts.

Under Republican-backed legislation introduced in the House, no refugee from war-torn countries Iraq and Syria could enter the United States until top-level American officials assure Congress that they do not imperil national security.

Appleby said to "turn our backs" on America's history of offering safe haven "diminishes our standing and moral leadership in the world and our ability to bring nations together to address this humanitarian crisis". Ted Cruz have said preference should be given to Christians.

Minnesota officials know of seven Syrian refugees who have moved to the state, although people can move in and out without telling anyone.

Paul Ryan, the new House speaker, escalated the political row that has been growing since Friday's Paris attacks by announcing a "pause" in Syrian refugees coming to the US.

Another Republican presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee, also had tough words for Obama, calling him "delusional".

"The state is really just sort of a pass through to the resettlement agencies, to the local governments that are actually providing services to refugees", Gilman said. In addition, Haley now joins 31 governors, all but one of them Republicans, in asking USA authorities to bar Syrian refugees from their states.

Even a few Republicans who previously supported accepting more refugees are joining the call to clamp down. Sen.

Speaking Monday at the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, President Barack Obama said allowing migrants into the United States based on their religion was "shameful". "One of the Paris ISIS terrorists entered France posing as a Syrian refugee", the narrator intones.

The tone here in the U.S.is much different.

State officials including Governor Greg Abbott continue to push the federal government to stop allowing Syrian refugees in to the country.

According to media reports, President Obama is scheduled to speak with governors in a conference call on Tuesday night.