Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday slammed US "hysteria" about the security threat posed by Syrian refugees as Republicans sought to freeze a program to resettle them in the wake of the Paris attacks.
Seizing upon fears one of the attackers may have entered Europe posing as a Syrian migrant, Republican leaders -- including more than half of state governors -- are trying to block a White House plan to welcome 10,000 refugees from the conflict in the coming year.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has called for a "pause" in the scheme, and lawmakers could vote as early as Thursday on a bill that would toughen the already-lengthy vetting process for refugees from Iraq and Syria to ensure would-be attackers do not slip into the country.
In an unusually fierce rebuke Wednesday, Obama struck out at Republicans, accusing them of demonizing "widows and orphans." ....
What a liar. From countless crowd photographs, it is obvious that the overwhelming majority are young strong healthy Muslim men of fighting age.
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