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2015 Op. Ga. Att'y Gen. [1] (2015)

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SAMUEL S. OLENS
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GEORGIA DERMNTr OF LAW
       40 CAPITOL SQUARE SW
       ATLANTA, GA 30341300


   Official Opinion 2015-1


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To: Governor


Re:Both federal law and the State's agreement to act as the
    resettlement coordinator prevent the State from denying
    funded benefits to Syrian refugees lawfully admitted into
    States.


December 30,
         2015


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You have asked for my Official Opinion regarding Executive Order 11.16.15.02,
which relates to the resettlement of Syrian refugees in Georgia. In your request,
you note that the executive order prohibits state agencies from facilitating the
resettlement of Syrian refugees in Georgia pending a thorough review of the
federal resettlement program. You also request that I examine the content of
the Executive Order as it relates to governance of the State of Georgia.

I note first that the executive order responds to serious concerns about recent
terrorist attacks linked to the ongoing conflict in Syria, concerns that legitimately
extend to the current federal process for reviewing and accepting refugees from
Syria into the United States and, more specifically, into the State of Georgia. I
share those concerns and similarly hope that the federal government will take all
necessary and appropriate steps to assure that all refugees, regardless of country

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