Tennessee GOP leader: Round up Syrian refugees, remove from state

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A top Tennessee Republican lawmaker believes the time has come for the National Guard to round up any Syrian refugees who have recently settled in the state and to stop any additional Syrian refugees from entering Tennessee.

"We need to activate the Tennessee National Guard and stop them from coming in to the state by whatever means we can," said House GOP Caucus Chairman Glen Casada, R-Franklin, referencing refugees.

"I’m not worried about what a bureaucrat in D.C. or an unelected judge thinks. ... We need to gather (Syrian refugees) up and politely take them back to the ICE center and say, 'They’re not coming to Tennessee, they’re yours.'

Other leading lawmakers may not have joined Casada's call to send refugees to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but many of Tennessee's GOP lawmakers at the state and federal level are looking at taking some form of action related to refugees in the U.S. after terrorist attacks in Paris killed at least 129 people and wounded hundreds more.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/11/17/tennessee-gop-leader-round-up-syrian-refugees-remove-state/75936660/

[PatrickforO]

1. Ah, Glen is probably a devout

Evangelical 'christian.'

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2. well, glen claims he's a christian and he also works for merck pharma

Glen and his family attend Brentwood Baptist Church. They reside in the Tollgate community of Thompson Station. Glen has worked as an animal pharmaceutical salesman for the past 30 years and is currently employed by Merck

http://glencasada.com/index.php/biography

[jberryhill]

3. Wow

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4. This is what we did to the Japanese at start of WWII

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10. No no no he wants to do it "politely"

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5. Republican Casada is NO leader--just stirring up Hate.

......Casada was asked to elaborate on his proposal, and whether Tennessee had the authority to detain refugees.

"Tennessee is a sovereign state. If the federal government is forsaking the obligation to protect our citizens, we need to act," Casada said during a phone interview with The Tennessean on Tuesday.

In fiscal year 2015, only 30 of the 1,601 refugees settled in Tennessee came from Syria, according to the Tennessee Office for Refugees. But by and large, refugees are free to go to different states eventually after resettlement: A 2013 report estimated at the time there could be as many as 58,000 refugees and their family members living in Tennessee.

Gov. Bill Haslam sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Tuesday formally asking him to stop sending Syrian refugees to Tennessee. Haslam spokesman David Smith said the governor joined other governors Tuesday on a conference call with White House officials, but Smith didn't say whether there was any resolution. More than half of the nation's governors have asked for federal officials to stop sending Syrian refugees to their states.

[mindem]

6. Unbelievable

The GOP really needs to change their name to the Chicken Little party. I can't imagine living life being afraid of everything all of the time. They should change their party symbol from an elephant to bubble wrap.

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11. The pretty lady on the TV told them so

And the truly ugly men authority types told them again.

[Frustratedlady]

7. Isn't that what the conservatives accused Obama of planning? Declaring martial law and

rounding up citizens for FEMA camps?

[underpants]

9. Hey that's ancient history

Great point.

[atreides1]

8. How is this different from...

...the Germans rounding up the Jews and putting them in camps?


That's right they're not being tortured or executed, YET!!!

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12. m$nbc just reported that FRANCE was still allowing 30,000 refugees to enter country

over the next 2 years.....