Michael Moore offers Michigan apartment to Syrian refugees

Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore has offered his Michigan apartment to Syrian refugees and slammed Gov. Rick Snyder for postponing the acceptance of asylum seekers following the recent deadly attacks in Paris.

Moore, whose directing repertoire includes Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, used a series of social media posts to weigh in on the Syrian situation following the Nov. 13 attacks in France that left 130 people dead.

A week ago, Snyder announced the state would not immediately take in refugees until federal officials had done what he considers proper security checks and more thorough vetting of any Syrians entering the U.S.

• Michigan postpones Syrian refugee acceptance

Moore took offence to the governor's stance, calling it "disgraceful" and "unconstitutional," in a letter posted Friday on social media.

"Only the President has the legal right to decide things like this," Moore wrote. "I myself am going to defy your ban and will offer MY home in Traverse City, Michigan, to those very Syrian refugees you've decided to keep out."

Other state leaders followed Michigan's lead in criticizing a plan by President Barack Obama's administration to bring 10,000 refugees to the U.S.

Moore took exception to those criticisms.

"I will contact the State Department to let them know I am happy to provide a safe haven to any Syrian refugee couple approved by the Obama administration's vetting procedures in which I have full faith and trust," he wrote.

Though the governors of at least 31 states have publicly announced their reluctance to accept Syrians, they do not have the authority over who enters the country, according to Westy Egmont, director of the Immigration Integration Lab at Boston College.

At the end of his letter, Moore sent a heartfelt message to potential refugees, saying his 700-square-foot apartment is "a little small, but it's got cable, wi-fi, and a new dishwasher!"

He proudly boasts there are "no haters living on my floor."