Washington, November 18 (RHC)-- In the wake of last Friday’s attacks in Paris, governors of at least 27 U.S. states have said they will not accept Syrian refugees.

A Syrian passport which appears to be fake was found near the body of one of the Paris attackers, whose fingerprints matched someone who passed through Greece and the Balkans. All the attackers identified so far are European nationals.

At the White House, the Barack Obama administration has said it still plans to accept Syrian refugees. The U.S. State Department says that refugees from Syria go through an intense screening process, involving the National Counterterrorism Center, the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense.