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[–] Yogus 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

“This order is in effect a state-by-state, city-by-city refugee ban, and it’s un-American and wrong,” HIAS President Mark Hetfield said Friday in a statement. “Is this the kind of America we want to live in? Where local towns can put up signs that say ‘No Refugees Allowed’ and the federal government will back that?”

Uh yeah, we live in a constitutional republic so it's very much within a states rights as long as it doesn't violate the constitution, which it doesn't in this case.