Members of Congress have introduced about a dozen bills over the last two days to either block Syrian refugees, or impose tougher verification steps on any refugees the U.S. accepts.

The bills reflect the growing worry that Republicans in particular have over taking in up to 10,000 Syrians next year, in light of France’s discovery that one of last week’s attackers entered that country as a refugee.

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