Federal Judge Rejects Texas Plan To Block Syrian Refugees

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Texas is attempting to stop the arrival of Syrian refugees but on Wednesday a federal Judge blocked them. The judge rejected arguments that the Obama administration is resettling refugees without the input, or consent of the States, leaving the decision to the federal government.

U.S. District Judge David Godbey rejects Republican leaders’ claims that States have the right to decide if refugees are settled in their cities, and does not believe that they pose an imminent risk to citizens. Godbey had previously chastised Texas for its “largely speculative hearsay” about Muslim extremists infiltrating Syrian refugees.

And yet, the man who took two co-workers hostage, and was inevitably shot and killed at an Amarillo, Texas, Walmart Tuesday was a Muslim refugee from Somalia.

WND reported that his decision is approved by Jennifer Sime, senior vice president of U.S. programs with the International Rescue Committee. “Today’s decision upholds and affirms America’s proud history in providing refuge for the world’s most vulnerable,” she stated. Sime helps resettle refugees and was named in the lawsuit.

Texas is one of nearly 30 states suing to ban Syrian refugees. In January, Alabama become the second state to sue the federal government alleging that it has failed to “consult” with state officials while secretly placing foreign refugees into communities.

The lawsuits reference the Obama administration’s violations of the terms of the 1980 Refugee Act, which states the federal government “shall consult regularly” with states before placing refugees.

Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, also asserts the refugee resettlement strongly violates the Tenth Amendment. “They filed a suit on the grounds that the feds have failed to consult with the state on the location of refugees in the state, and failure to consult is a term that has no real definition to it, he told WND. “Thomas More Law Center’s position is that there is a constitutional claim and that claim is based on the 10th Amendment.”

The U.S. State Department has continued distributing Muslim refugees into more than 180 U.S. cities and towns from numerous nations linked with active jihadist movements.

Judge Godbey’s ruling comes shortly on the heels of Donald Trump’s call to block non-citizen Muslims from entering the U.S. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee told supporters on Wednesday that the United States is taking in thousands of refugees when they “don’t think like us” and we don’t know “who the hell they are.”

States are dealing with massive problems stemming from refugees as well as illegal Muslim immigrants crossing the southern border.

 

 

2 COMMENTS

  1. DID YOU KNOW? That court does NOT have that AUTHORITY? I HOPE THE GOVERNOR KNOWS THAT A FEDERAL COURT CANNOT MAKE A CONSTITUTION RULING ON IMMIGRATION BECAUSE ONLY CONGRESS CAN!

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