Mostafa Hassoun and Larry Hogan

Hassoun: Syrian people are like Americans: we want freedom.'- Mostafa Hassoun, Syrian refugee "Most people watch CNN or FOX news, and many people don't really know about Syria," said Hassoun during an interview in an Annapolis coffee shop last week. "They just know ISIS." Put more simply, Hassoun said, "U.S. people have an Islamic problem." One of those you could say has an "Islamic problem" is the current Republican governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, who also lives in Annapolis, according to CBC. Syrian refugees pose low risk, but no reason to rush process, experts say How Canada and the U.S. compare on Syrian refugees Syrian refugees pose low risk, but no reason to rush process Hogan is one of about 30 mostly Republican governors in the U.S. who have said they don't want Syrian refugees to be settled in their states for fear that they pose a security risk. His story is not unlike that of the thousands of Syrians who have arrived in recent months in various cities and towns across Canada, where, like Hassoun, they feel both welcome and like complete outsiders, but he has something else to contend with, too: a political climate that has been much less friendly to the new arrivals. The governors have no real power to bar entry, though, as immigration is federally controlled. He is one of more than two dozen governors who have spoken out against refugee resettlement. "I want to talk to him," said Hassoun, speaking in the basic English he learned since arriving here June 15. "He wants to make the U.S. safe. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has asked federal authorities to stop settling Syrian refugees in his state until it can be shown that they don't pose a security risk. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.