美国联邦政府警告各州官员说，他们没有拒绝接纳叙利亚难民的法律权限。
星期三，美国联邦政府难民安置办公室主任凯里在给各州难民安置机构的一封信中发出上述通知。
凯里说，各州不得拒绝接受难民安置办公室根据难民所在国家或宗教信仰提供的福利及服务。
在《休斯敦纪事报》上发表的这个通知里，凯里警告说，任何一州如果拒绝照此行事，则属违法，可能要因此而面临司法处置。
美国几十个州的州长（多数为共和党籍州长）曾誓言拒绝接纳叙利亚难民，认为这将构成不可接受的安全威胁。
参与最近巴黎袭击案的至少一名激进分子是随叙利亚难民潮潜入欧洲的。这一发现加深了人们的担忧。
奥巴马总统计划在一年内接纳一万名叙利亚难民。
The U.S. federal government is warning state officials they do not have the legal authority to refuse to accept refugees from Syria.
The notification came in a letter dated Wednesday from the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (OPR) to state resettlement agencies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
