Greg Abbott in Syrian Refugee Crisis

On Immigration: Ordered no more Syrian refugee resettlement

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered Texas' refugee resettlement program not to accept any more Syrians. In a letter to Obama, the Republican also urged scrapping federal plans to accept more Syrian refugees into the country as a whole. He said the federal government can't perform "proper security checks" on Syrians. Source: ABC News on Syrian Refugee Crisis Nov 16, 2015

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