We endanger both Americans & immigrants when we continue w/ failed open borders. Under a federal grant from the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the Refugee Health Screening Clinic provides services to refugees relocating to the Austin/Travis County area. The deadline for states to decide whether to receive refugees is Jan. 21.Texas, which has historically resettled more refugees than any other state, has seen a sharp decline in the number of refugees resettled since 2016.In 2016, roughly 7,800 refugees resettled in the state, according to Church World Service.
Gov. See our Resettlement agencies are federally funded.Ali Noorani, executive director of the advocacy organization National Immigration Forum, said the decision will make it more difficult for employers to hire skilled workers in the state. ”The federal government has utterly failed Texas, the nation, and immigrants. In 2019, Texas resettled 2,458 refugees, according to the group.In his letter, Abbott noted that Texas has welcomed more refugees over the past decade than any other state, amounting to 10% of all refugees settled in the U.S.But, Abbott wrote, Texas can’t accept additional refugees this year because Congress has left the state “to deal with disproportionate migration issues resulting from a broken federal immigration system.”“Texas continues to have to deal with the consequences of an immigration system that Congress has failed to fix,” Abbott said. Refugee Resettlement Program – an Overview The Departments of Homeland Security, State and Health and Human Services work together for America’s humanitarian response to refugees. Texas has long been among the country’s leaders in refugee resettlement. State Democrats rebuked Abbott over the decision; a few Republicans praised him.In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Abbott said he “cannot consent to initial refugee resettlement” in 2020.
Last fiscal year, it took in more refugees than any other state, according to federal data.
We should secure our border & modernize our immigration system.“State Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, said on Twitter, “the same Fed Govt that asks us to receive more refugees has failed to address border security,” adding that “non-border states can step up.”In a statement Friday, a Texas Democratic Party spokesman said Abbott is in “complete opposition to our Texas values” by barring refugees.“Refugees are not political pawns and bargaining chips to advance anti-immigrant policies,” Abhi Rahman, a spokesman for the party, said in a statement. "This decision does not deny any refugee access to the United States.
Refugee Resettlement Program in 2016, but the move did not block refugees from entering the Lone Star State. The decision makes Texas the first state to decline refugee resettlement, allowed under a new rule created by the Trump administration.Abbott had faced pressure to remain in the program from leaders of the state’s largest cities, refugee advocates and evangelical Christians.
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The decision makes Texas the first state to decline refugee resettlement, allowed under a new rule created by the Trump administration. Instead, it stopped Texas from disbursing federal dollars to local agencies. Refugee Services of Texas welcomes refugees, asylees, survivors of trafficking and other displaced peoples, and supports them in integrating and thriving in their new communities. Services are also provided to asylees (individuals who are allowed to stay permanently in safety in the United States), Cubans who enter the US under the Cuban Adjustment Act, and Certified Victims of … "I just think the governor has crumbled in the face of a lot of fear mongering, and along the way I think he's undermining the economy of the state," Noorani said.A few Republicans took to social media to applaud Abbott’s decision.“This is the right position," U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, a Republican from Hays County, tweeted.
“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.”Before his decision, church leaders urged Abbott to allow refugee resettlement.Nearly 350 evangelical Christians in Texas sent letters to Abbott, urging him to consent to resettling refugees. “We should be welcoming refugees to Texas instead of ending a program that saves lives.”Abbott also ended the state’s participation in the U.S. Greg Abbott informed the U.S. State Department that Texas will not participate in the refugee resettlement program this fiscal year. The federal government instead selected four nonprofits around the state to administer the refugee resettlement program.At the time, Abbott cited potential security threats for withdrawing from the program.Refugee resettlement agencies filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s executive order in November, arguing that it violates federal law.
A Maryland federal judge heard arguments in the case this week.© 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. The U.S. Nor does it preclude a refugee from later coming to Texas after initially settling in another state," Abbott wrote.At least 42 states have opted into the refugee resettlement program, according to the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.