Texas Backs Down From Effort to Block Syrian Refugees
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Source: Associated Press / ABC
Texas stopped trying Friday to block Syrian refugees from resettling in the state after suing the U.S. government over fears that new arrivals from the war-torn country could pose a security risk.
The swift reversal defused a lawsuit the Obama administration criticized as unfounded. Since the Paris attacks, at least 29 U.S. governors have vowed to keep new Syrian refugees outside their state borders. Texas on Wednesday became the first to take the federal government to court, but legal experts called the lawsuit futile, saying states have no authority over resettlements.
"I think that it's the first sign that Texas is beginning to see the light," said Cecillia Wang of the American Civil Liberties Union, which is defending a resettlement group that Texas also sued.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-aid-group-oppose-texas-efforts-block-syrian-35576388
As the song goes, "Oh, you can't do that."
lark
(23,166 posts)Gothmog
(145,667 posts)Texas lawsuit to block the refugees was a piece of dreck and had no chance of winning after the DOJ intervene
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Bunkers are being restocked & teahadist vs jihadist becomes their unifying reason of the day for the open-carry militia.
It is the insanity of teahadism.
Texas gunnut Teahadists have been radicalized also.
ananda
(28,885 posts).. I expect it will fuel gun sales in good ole Texas USA.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)say it isn't so!
these are the morons that are in charge of my state.
did abbott come out and say "oops"? to keep the tradition alive?
Tab
(11,093 posts)However, I doubt they'll just give up, so expect more effort
A1an
(12 posts)The contrast between a smart-Republican (Is that even possible these days?) and a dumb-Republican...
Smart-Republican: There is a major difference between innocent refugees who choose to flee their homelands overrun with fanatics than those fanatics who chased them out in the first place.
Dumb-Republican: they are all the same in my tunnel-vision warped cookie-cutter mentality...
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)Never.
In this case, they had nothing to go on. The choice was obvious.
Tab
(11,093 posts)it could have been an interrogation light or something.