Texas Becomes First State to Close Doors to New Refugees ......

[MMC]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has closed the doors to new refugees in the state of Texas, making him the first governor to refuse new refugees under an executive order signed by President Trump empowering state and local governments with control over refugee resettlement within their jurisdictions.


While other Republican governors have come under fire for allowing refugee resettlement to continue within their states -- at least 18 Republican governors have given their consent -- in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Abbott writes that Texas has already taken in more than its fair share of refugees while also contending with the "disproportionate migration issues resulting from a broken federal immigration system."


In addition to granting state and local jurisdictions control over refugees resettled in their communities, President Trump has cut the annual number of refugees allowed to resettle in the U.S. by more than 80 percent since President Obama's final year in office. In fiscal year 2020, President Trump capped the number of refugees at 18,000, down from the 30,000 limit set in fiscal year 2019......snip~


https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronso...ugees-n2559345



Texas Leading the Way.

[Reason10]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has closed the doors to new refugees in the state of Texas, making him the first governor to refuse new refugees under an executive order signed by President Trump empowering state and local governments with control over refugee resettlement within their jurisdictions.


While other Republican governors have come under fire for allowing refugee resettlement to continue within their states -- at least 18 Republican governors have given their consent -- in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Abbott writes that Texas has already taken in more than its fair share of refugees while also contending with the "disproportionate migration issues resulting from a broken federal immigration system."


In addition to granting state and local jurisdictions control over refugees resettled in their communities, President Trump has cut the annual number of refugees allowed to resettle in the U.S. by more than 80 percent since President Obama's final year in office. In fiscal year 2020, President Trump capped the number of refugees at 18,000, down from the 30,000 limit set in fiscal year 2019......snip~


https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronso...ugees-n2559345



Texas Leading the Way.

As usual, Texas shows us how it's supposed to be done.