Washington Free Beacon-
Texas governor Greg Abbott (R.) on Friday told the State Department that his state will become the first in the nation to refuse federal refugee resettlement.
In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Abbott wrote that in the wake of the border crisis that rocked the state in 2019, Texas lacks the state and private capacity to deal with even more demand on its humanitarian resources.
“At this time, the state and non-profit organizations have a responsibility to dedicate available resources to those who are already here, including refugees, migrants, and the homeless—indeed, all Texans,” Abbott wrote. “As a result, Texas cannot consent to initial refugee resettlement for FY2020.”
The move is likely to shake up refugee resettlement in the United States, as Texas has historically played home to as many as 10 percent of annual refugee arrivals. Particularly if other states follow suit, this may in turn mean a continued decline in refugee admissions in the Trump era.
In his letter, Abbott pinned the blame for the circumstances leading to his decision squarely on Congress, writing that “Texas has been left … to deal with disproportionate migration issues resulting from a broken federal immigration system.” read more
There’s a lot to like about Texas.
…gonna be a shame when gerrymandering, illegals voting, regular vote fraud, and the Austinizaton of all its cities turn Texas blue, too…
20 years too late?
Haven’t they already taken enough refusegees from Californistan?
Houston was a sanctuary city
long before the word “sanctuary city”
was coined…
Good for Guv Abbott, the US does not have to take one admission from any freakin judge anywhere.. New admits have to be able to prove they will not be a burden to taxpayers.
On another front, USA hosted over 400,000 new Anchor babies in 2019. More like 480k. Which means come here pregnant, drop a kid, then sign up for SNAP, CHIP, SNAP CRACKLE POP and all the myriad social programs that will Cloward Piven overwhelm the system and place American poor and retirees into third world poverty while Nicaraguans that rush the border into Hiltons.
I exaggerate. But only a little.
We have plenty of Blue State refugees and even more illegal “refugees” pouring across the southern border. Sorry,all full up here. Take your crazy somewhere else.
God bless Texas. God bless our Governor Abbott.
I tried to post a comment with no cuss words or anything and I get a message it is spam and will not post.
As a Texan, it’s bad enough that we have to put up with all the Cajuns coming here from Louisiana. The least we can do is try to limit all the wetbacks coming from south of the border.
This Virginian wonders if Virginia has become too bug fuck crazy to defend. My family might be looking for a Texas homestead. But I would prefer to stand and fight.
We don’t wish to retreat. We want to take back the Commonwealth. The power drunk Virginia Assembly thinks they will declare centuries old families that own scary guns as felons tells me that BloombergBoughtNeoCarpetBaggers that they are about to get the business.
We aren’t retreating just yet.
C’mon, shitbirds. Let’s see what you’ve got.
Illegalize my legal weapons. Come get them.
C’mon assholes. Let’s party.
PHenry, I think you’re right, we can’t keep running. Eventually there is no place to go. I’m in Western Washington, I’m staying put, even though this is liberal to the point of self destruction. Somehow we need to beat these bastards down and make sure if they get up we knock them down again. We can’t let these guys win.
Let Florida be second….