美政府聲明 各州拒絕接納敘難民屬於違法

The U.S. federal government is warning state officials they do not have the legal authority to refuse to accept refugees from Syria.

美國聯邦政府警告各州官員說，他們沒有拒絕接納敘利亞難民的法律權限。

The notification came in a letter dated Wednesday from the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (OPR) to state resettlement agencies.

星期三，美國聯邦政府難民安置辦公室主任凱里在給各州難民安置機構的一封信中發出上述通知。

Program chief Robert Carey said that states may not deny OPR-funded benefits and services based on a refugee's country of origin or religious affiliation.

凱里說，各州不得拒絕接受難民安置辦公室根據難民所在國家或宗教信仰提供的福利及服務。

Any state that refuses to comply would be in violation of the law and "could be subject to enforcement action," Carey warned in the letter, originally published in the Houston Chronicle.

在《休斯敦紀事報》上發表的這個通知裏，凱里警告說，任何一州如果拒絕照此行事，則屬違法，可能要因此而面臨司法處置。

More than two dozen mostly Republican governors have vowed to block federal attempts to resettle Syrian refugees in their states, arguing they pose an unacceptable security risk.

美國幾十個州的州長（多數爲共和黨籍州長）曾誓言拒絕接納敘利亞難民，認爲這將構成不可接受的安全威脅。

Fears were heightened after the discovery that at least one of the militants in the recent deadly Paris attacks had slipped into Europe in the wave of Syrian refugees.

參與最近巴黎襲擊案的至少一名激進分子是隨敘利亞難民潮潛入歐洲的。這一發現加深了人們的擔憂。