SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown announced on Twitter Tuesday that Oregon will continue to accept refugees after a suspect in the Paris attacks was found to possess a Syrian passport.

The governor had declined to comment Monday on her position on accepting refugees from the war-torn Middle Eastern country, where ISIS has taken a foothold.

“Clearly, Oregon will continue to accept refugees,” Brown tweeted. “They seek safe haven, and we will continue to open the doors of opportunity to them. The words of the Statue of Liberty apply in Oregon just as they do in every other state.”

Brown’s position contrasts with that of at least 27 governors, mostly Republicans, who say they want to block more Syrian refugees from entering their states, according to several media reports.

Governors have no authority to reject Syrian refugees but could seek to reduce state services provided to the newcomers. The federal government decides immigration policy. President Obama recently announced that the United States would accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year

Only one Syrian refugee to date has settled in Oregon, to according to the state Department of Human Services.