Nearly 20 percent of the 4,600 Syrian refugees already brought to the United States were settled in the New York-New Jersey area, site of weekend bombings that reportedly could be a dry run of future terror attacks.

According to State Department figures covering 2011-May 2016, 805 Syrians were placed in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

— New York 165.

— New Jersey 158.

— Connecticut 118.

— Pennsylvania 364.



And those numbers do not include most of the 10,000 new Syrian refugees brought to America this year under President Obama's orders.

The State Department earlier this year released the states where Syrians have been settled, with the top one being Michigan where there is a big Syrian community in Detroit.

Notably, none settled in Washington, D.C.

Several governors have tried to refuse the refugees, concerned that the United Nations vetting process is flawed and lets terrorists slip in. The Washington Post earlier this year detailed how the Islamic State infiltrates refugees.

Obama is in New York to address the United Nations and urge more international aid to the refugees. He also plans to call on the United States to accept 110,000 more refugees — including Syrians — next year, after he leaves the presidency.

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com