THE HILL: Pressure Builds To Block Refugees.

Congress is coming under intense pressure to block the entry of Syrian refugees into the United States following the deadly terrorist assault on Paris.

A wave of opposition to the refugees quickly formed on Monday, with Republican presidential hopefuls and more than a dozen governors warning that the humanitarian effort is a threat to national security.

With the administration suggesting that states might not have the power to refuse the refugees, the issue is moving quickly into the congressional arena.
Republican White House hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, said Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) should either “reject the importation of those fleeing the Middle East” or resign, while Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), another presidential candidate, proposed legislation that would impose an “immediate moratorium on visas for refugees” from countries with “jihadist movements.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), another White House hopeful, said he will be introducing legislation that would ban all Muslim Syrian refugees from entering the United States.

“What Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are proposing is that we bring to this country tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees,” Cruz told CNN’s Dana Bash.

“I have to say, particularly in light of what happened in Paris, that’s nothing short of lunacy.”

With the calls for action mounting, GOP leaders could move to hold a vote on the refugee question before the Thanksgiving break, less than a week after the shocking slaughter in Paris.

Obama will probably veto it, but that won’t be good for the Dems’ 2016 prospects.

Related: Wary Governors Halt, Question Flow Of Syrian Refugees.

And also questions in Canada.