'That's not American': Obama opposes religious background check for refugees

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President Barack Obama said on Monday at that G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey that it was "shameful" for political leaders to call for imposing a religious test on refugees to screen out terrorists in the wake of the Paris attacks.

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