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GA Gov Rescinds Ban on Syrian Refugees

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After state's attorney general said it wasn't legal.

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Georgia Governor Nathan Deal on Monday rescinded his executive order banning Syrian refugees from settling in his state. The move comes after the state's attorney general declared that Georgia could not legally close its border to Syrian refugees. More than half the nation's governors said that, in light of the Paris attacks in November, Syrian refugees would not be welcome in their states.

Read it at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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