(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday blocked Indiana Governor Mike Pence's order barring state officials from helping Syrian refugees resettle in the state, saying it was discriminatory.
Pence was among more than 25 U.S. governors, mostly Republicans, who called on President Barack Obama to stop resettling refugees fleeing Syria's civil war after November attacks by militants in Paris that killed 130.
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