The Obama administration has assured Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that Syrian refugees are subjected to rigorous screening, in an effort to tamp down pushback from him and leaders in dozens of other states.
Abbott announced Monday that Texas will not allow settlement of refugees from Syria. In a 5-page letter dated Friday, and obtained Saturday night by The Dallas Morning News, Secretary of State John Kerry and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson laid out steps the federal government and international agencies take to weed out potential terrorists.
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