Showdown brewing between governors, Obama over refugees

orr_infog2Nearly two dozen governors, mostly Republicans, have vowed to block efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in their states following the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris.

Peeved, the Obama administration reminded them in a Nov. 25 letter that states don’t have that legal authority and could be punished, including suspension or termination from the federally funded resettlement program, if services are denied.

Which is pretty rich considering that the Federal Government abjectly fails to maintain immigration security on our borders!

Syrian refugee letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott by The Dallas Morning News

And then there’s this missive from the Office of Refugee Resettlement that serves as a reminder that states may not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, and, most importantly, religion or country of origin. “States that do not comply with the requirement would be breaking the law and could be subject to enforcement action, including suspension or termination of the federally funded program, according to the letter, signed by the director of the federal resettlement office, Robert Carey,” the Associated Press reports.
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Comments

  1. IF THE POT BOILS OVER YOU TURN OFF THE STOVE.

  2. See now, there’s the rub. The Government has everybody, including the states dependent on the money they steal from us. If they don’t submit to big Government’s will, they shut off the funding.

    What would happen if the Big Bad Government didn’t get our tax money anymore?!? If they destroy the middle class, there won’t be much for taxes left to bribe everybody with..

  3. danstewart says

    The governors should call up the National Guard, obummer is NOT king.

  4. Aside from the security aspect of admitting Syrian refugees into America, do we really need more welfare recipient immigrants coming to America? Because that’s what’s going to happen, they’ll get on welfare and they’ll stay on welfare. Oh yeah, the Boston bomber brothers were fully vetted weren’t they?

  5. Let them stop funding and have states stop forwarding tax money. National Guard of each state should be called up and tell Obama this is not Kenya. Then arrest him.

  6. Freedom fighter says

    how about the states refuse to send money TO the federal government?

  7. in other words if you don’t resettle refugees we will not pay you for resettling refugees

  8. Problem solved

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