Obama to increase Syrian refugee plan despite criticism

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration plans to steadily increase the number of refugees accepted in the United States for the next two years.

Those fleeing Syria and other war ravaged countries whose claims have been investigated and who have been invited to live in the United States are considered refugees. The US will accept 85,000 people in 2016 and 100,000 in 2017, mostly Syrian refugees.

More than half of US governors object to plans to resettle Syrian refugees in the US.

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