Up until last week, every GOP governor had either agreed to accept refugees or had yet to say one way or another, that is until Texas Governor Greg Abbott made his state the first to decline refugee resettlement, citing the “disproportionate” impact on the border state thanks to the Federal government’s “broken” immigration system and a “responsibility to dedicate available resources to those who are already here, including refugees, migrants, and the homeless.” Abbott’s decision predictably triggered the wrath of America’s ‘woke police,’ who rival Iran’s morality police in their hysterical zeal to impose their twisted definition of ‘virtue’ on the rest of society.
Presidential candidate Tom Steyer said the decision was “inhumane and violates American values.”
“New, and awful, update to this,” wrote The Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell. “Despite the fact that mayors of *every* major city in Texas have asked to continue receiving refugees, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has now said they will be prevented from doing so.”
Columnist Monica Rhor called it “shameful” and “morally wrong.”
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