18 mayors send letter obama tell want syrian refugees mayor list remember syracuse city saw beautiful catholic church become mosque guess mayor want see majority syrians admit us un sunni muslims kind ironic pen letter pope want muslims take catholic church worldwide clearly catholic charities mayor miner syracuse syracuse.com mayor stephanie miner one 18 mayors encourage president barack obama accept additional syrian refugees unite states.miner sign letter send obama call increase number refugees u.s. accept next two years obama already pledge take 10,000 syrian refugees increase overall refugee allowance 100,000 2017. cities transform skills spirit come us around world letter read drive enterprise immigrants refugees help build economies enliven arts culture enrich neighborhoods 18 mayors members cities unite immigration action coalition push immigration reform along miner mayors los angeles new york city pittsburgh boston chicago sign letter bet dig group would find another george soros-funded group ed syracuse currently accept 1,100 1,200 refugees year two organizations catholic charities onondaga county interfaith work cny resettle refugees syracuse take refugees help make room thousands letter read 18 cities need new mayors ed pawlowski mayor allentown pa stephanie rawlings-blake mayor baltimore md martin j. walsh mayor boston jam diossa mayor central fall ri mark kleinschmidt mayor chapel hill nc rahm emanuel mayor chicago il edward terry mayor clarkston ga nan whaley mayor dayton oh domenick stampone mayor haledon nj pedro e. segarra mayor hartford ct eric garcetti mayor los angeles ca betsy hodges mayor minneapolis mn bill de blasio mayor new york city ny jose torres mayor paterson nj william peduto mayor pittsburgh pa javier gonzales mayor santa fe nm francis g. slay mayor st. louis mo stephanie a. miner mayor syracuse nyvia refugee resettlement watch list 18 mayors us cities ask obama refugees