Ilhan Omar Responds To Governor Abbott’s Refusal To Accept Refugees In Texas

Texas Governor Greg Abbott made headlines last week after sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo boldly proclaiming that the Lone Star State would not be accepting any more refugees for the fiscal year 2020.

“Texas is one of the most welcoming states for refugees seeking to escape dangers abroad,” Abbott’s letter begins. “Since FY 2010, more refugees have been received in Texas than in any other state. In fact, over that decade, roughly 10% of all refugees resettled in the United States have been placed in Texas. Even today, the process of resettling continues for many of these refugees.”

“In addition to accepting refugees all these years, Texas has been left by Congress to deal with disproportionate migration issues resulting from a broken federal immigration system… Texas continues to have to deal with the consequences of an immigration system that Congress has failed to fix.”

“As a result, Texas cannot consent to initial refugee resettlement for FY2020. This decision does not deny any refugee access to the United States.”

Representative Ilhan Omar responded to the governor’s decision, quoting words from “The New Colossus,” the 1883 sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus that is mounted inside the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal.

“With silent lips. ‘Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,’” Omar tweeted. “These are the words that welcomed me and millions of refugees. I still believe in those values. We shall overcome.”

While Governor Abbott has spoken for the state, mayors in major cities like Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio have said that they will still accept refugees… Which means I need to start going to more city council meetings to make sure that doesn’t happen…

Fox News writes that Governors in 42 other states have said they will consent to allowing in more refugees, according to the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, which works with local agencies throughout the U.S. to resettle refugees. The governors not yet on the record are all Republicans — from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Wyoming.

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