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Help people settle here in the united states to stop helping syrian refugees. let me play a little bit of that for you. >> as the supreme court of texas as well as being the governor of texas i can tell you what the law says and it says that these refugee programs need to cooperate with the states in order for them to cooperate with the states, they have to follow the instructions that i have provided. >> do you think, mr. mayor, that governor abbott has a point that there is legal standing here? >> well, what the courts and the judiciary decide that. governor abbott and i agree on so many poi...

Morning about why. >> well, i have been told by my law enforcement agency, by homeland security, that there have been some major threats against the united states after 9/11 and all of those individuals came out of refugee programs. >> you have been told that all of the people who would wanted to harm the united states have come from refugee programs, is that what you're saying? >> major threats that have occurred since 9/11, not necessarily all, but the major threats that have been stopped, those refugees came out of refugee programs. that's what i've been told. >> now, i asked him twice, bec...

>> reporter: the facts do not bear that out. since the war started u.s. government data shows 2200 syrian refugees allowed into america, majority children or elderly. the white house says 10,000 will be taken in next year, all will be subjected to more rigorous screenings than any other migrants, a process that could take two years or considerably more per refugee. that's enough to calm many democratic governors. >> no one's taking a raft from turkey to the united states. it's a very different process. we are not being overwhelmed by large numbers of folks. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, ...

Sponsored refugee programs like in canada. that would be helpful. >> there are several points and i will pick purpose open them but i want to go back to you senator murphy, one could argue that vietnam was our problem, we broke it, if you will. is this our problem? the syrian refugee crisis? >> why thing you can say the syrian war wouldn't have happened if not for the invasion of iraq. but we certainly contributed to the ongoing mess in the region and inside syria because of our occupation and invasion which after a southwest circumstances led to the development of isis. >> and the civil war? ...

Fully vet the individuals we would take in. i also like these privately sponsored refugee programs like they have in canada. that would also be very helpful. all right. >> there are several points you make there, and i want to pick up on them. but before i do i want go back to you, senator murphy, not to be cold hearted about it, but one could argue vietnam was our problem. we broke it, if you will. is this our problem, the syrian refugee crisis? >> so, i don't think that you can say that the syrian war wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for the invasion of iraq, but we certainly contributed ...