A federal appeals court has issued a stinging ruling dismissing as “nightmare speculation” Indiana governor Mike Pence’s attempt to deter Syrian refugees from settling in the state because of terrorism fears. Like many other states, Indiana receives money from the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and contracts with humanitarian groups to provide local welfare services to refugees. According to the court, 174 Syrian refugees came to Indiana in the past fiscal year. “[Pence] provides no evidence that Syrian terrorists are posing as refugees or that Syrian refugees have ever committed acts of terrorism in the United States. But the move will not stop the arrival of refugees from Syria or anywhere else in the Lone Star state.

Source: The Guardian October 03, 2016 22:23 UTC