New York Leaders Confront Fading Support for Syrian Refugees

A growing fear of homegrown terrorism in the United States has spread to one of its most liberal states — New York. A new December poll by the Siena College Research Institute reports that 52 percent of registered New York voters oppose allowing Syrian refugees into the U.S. presently. Among those surveyed, 60 percent of New York respondents are "very concerned" that another terrorist attack will happen in the state in the near future, as compared to 12 percent that are either...

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