So states like Texas, Arkansas, and Alabama are refusing refugees now (says their governors.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/11/16/obama-plan-to-bring-in-syrian-refugees-after-paris-attacks-increases-gop/
On Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he sent a letter to President Obama saying that Texas will not take any Syrian refugees in light of the attacks.
"Neither you nor any federal official can guarantee that Syrian refugees will not be part of any terroristic activity," Abbott wrote. "As such, opening our door to them irresponsibly exposes our fellow Americans to unacceptable peril."
He joined a growing list of governors who have said they will not resettle Syrian refugees, including Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson in opposing the move, who said Monday in a tweet, "As Governor I will oppose Syrian refugees being located to Arkansas."
In a statement, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said he reached his decision "[a]fter full consideration of this weekend's attacks of terror on innocent citizens in Paris ... I will not stand complicit to a policy that places the citizens of Alabama in harm's way."
My question is, they can't really do anything, right? Besides withholding state aid and not aiding the settling process, what clout do they have?