Texas pulls out of federal refugee resettlement program

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Houston Chronicle :

Texas pulls out of federal refugee resettlement program

Updated 5:56 pm, Friday, September 30, 2016

 

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has formally stopped helping the U.S. government provide aid and services to refugees, citing alleged security concerns.

 

Gov. Greg Abbott said last week that Texas would withdraw from the federally funded refugee resettlement program unless the state's demands for stricter refugee vetting were met.

 

Abbott said Friday that federal authorities didn't meet those demands, and announced Texas' withdrawal. Kansas and New Jersey already had withdrawn.