Do you know the reasons behind Texas, and other states refusing Syrian Refugees?

Yes because they want to kill us. Even if it is only 10%. Let me put it this way; if you were given a bowl of m&m's and told only a couple were poisoned. Would you still eat them.

CPT L S - since you brought up the subject "When we are remembered like those who turned away the Jews, when Hitler was burning them. When we allowed our fellows to put the Nisei into camps. When we allowed our minorities to be abused, even as we served alongside them in combat."
My British family cared for a Slav immediately after WWII ended who was tortured at Treblinka by the Nazis. I met him when I was a teenager. Many British families cared for former prisoner of the Reich.
In this nation the Japanese and American Indians were kept in camps and on reservations to protect the USA citizens. Before we got involved in WWII, America turned away the Jews and did not believe they were being exterminated by Hitler who was praised by the Muslim Grand Mufti of Jerusalem or Hitler's solution too the "Jewish problem."
Until the "Syrian Refugees" are properly vetted allowing so many into this nation is risky. I am more concerned about the 1,854 Syrian asylum seekers who came here since 2012. Assad agents and ISIS informants would love to learn where those defectors went to in this nation. SGT Efaw (Mick) G. SSG Gerhard S. SP5 Michael Rathbun SP5 Mark Kuzinski SSgt Alex Robinson PO3 Sherry Thornburg

PO3 Sherry Thornburg Govenor Abbott was pretty clear when he addressed the Texas People today. He is not will to accept the Syrians because there is not TRUE way of vetting these folks. These Folks come from a country which will not cooperate with the United States....vetting someone is getting their back ground....where they worked...how long they were there....are they on any watch lists? What about their family? Do they have family members who are terrorists or on any watch lists? Have they or have any of their family members been involved in any crime or been locked up? The list goes on to what entails the questions for the vetting process....it's basically a back ground check...and with a country like Syria...where their leader hates the US....most of the government is in shambles....there is probably no or very little documentation available to prove who is who or what they've done or where they came from etc....
With these refugee's coming from a country where ISIS has practically taken over and definitely set up shop.....ABBOTT and other concerned Governors and states do not want to put their citizens in any jeopardy or harms way...
In Texas we have enough to deal with.....we have MILLIONS of ILLEGAL ALIENS and thousands of illegals trying to cross the border on a DAILY basis....we don't need to have to try and deal with Refugee's from a country that has heavy involvement with ISIS and no way of truly vetting these folks.

The risk of terrorists among them is too high, and there is no way to vet them, coming from failed states.

Let's put it this way:

Well, I see that Ted Cruz (with others) wants to admit only Christian Syrian refugees. Too bad for the other non-Muslims.

I wonder what sort of test they want to apply... Perhaps being able to recite the Nicene Creed in Greek? A letter of attestation from your (probably now deceased) parish priest? The Little Litany in Arabic? Just a personal declaration?

Duuuuuudes: if these killers want to enter the country to massacre our populace, would they lie about their religious beliefs?

Naaah, not even a tiny chance.

Disclaimer: I was choir director in a Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Christian parish for a few years. I have a reasonably good idea what this is all about.

A refugee family of 4 will cost tax payers over $287,000. Already we have refugees saying what has been provided is not good enough. Some states are stupid I guess.

No they do not. The Constitution is very clear that the Congress sets immigration policy and that the executive branch enforces it. This is a federal issue.
Having said that, there is a booming industry right now for Syrian identification documents. Why? Because a fair percentage of these "refugees" are not Syrian. Another percentage want a different identity than the one they really are.
Undoubtedly, there are embedded bad guys in this group of people. There are many more in this group vulnerable to radicalization. Why we want to let hordes of these people into the United States without any kind of screening process is beyond me. This is negligent in the extreme.

The USA has a proud and long tradition of welcoming those who yearn to breathe free air, work hard, and make a better life for themselves. But from where I sit, the current announced policy is risky without any positive benefits for our nation's citizens.

Z DEVELOPING: Police in Honduras caught five Syrians who were trying to make their way to the United States with stolen and doctored passports, according to reports. http://fxn.ws/1S4MIvC

SSgt Alex Robinson the attacks in Paris are still being investigated. The information is flowing in. The problem is that it is being regurgitated by news sources before it is vetted or analyzed. I heard yesterday that the stadium bomber had a ticket for the game, and detonated outside of the stadium because he was caught by stadium security. No other details, no source was given. This morning they were saying that a passport was found that had been used by a refugee to gain entry into Europe. Again no source was provided. They couldn't even say that they were certain that it was authentic. They just had the information so they got it on the air as soon as possible.

I am afraid that if individual states try to ban refugees, then the federal government is going to step in and force the issue. First off, there is federal land in every state that the governor would have no say over how it is used. Second, if we start setting up internment camps for refugees, then we are going to foster further resentment. The last thing that the world needs is for a moderate Muslim, or even a non Muslim to become a radicalized Muslim because of their treatment while trying to escape from the horror that is Syria.

The flip side of that is that any refugee coming into the United States needs to be THOROUGHLY vetted. If they cannot be vetted, then they should not be brought into this country at all. The real difficulty is finding a balance between humanity and security. As much of an asshole as this may make me sound, these are not U.S. Citizens. That means that while a balance needs to be found, if there is doubt, that person needs to be denied entry.

The last point I will make is that we have a homeless EPIDEMIC in the United States. Before refugee one is processed and allowed to enter into this great nation, we should make sure that we have our own house in order first (especially homeless veterans). If there is one United States citizen living on the streets, or dealing with hunger issues, then we are not in a position to be taking in refugees. That may sound cruel, but again how can we care for refugees from another country when we cannot keep those who have served this nation off the streets? The answer is we cannot.