Texas Nonprofits told not to help Syrian refugees

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As of 4pm Friday, several Houston organizations complied with Governor Abbott's deadline order to stop providing help to Syrian refugees.

It comes in response to the deadly terror attacks in Paris on November 13th.

A letter from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission went out to several local non-profits this week asking the organizations to comply with the Governor's request by Friday afternoon.

However, some say it comes across as an ultimatum: comply or risk funding.

"It puts them in a situation that I think is very uncomfortable," said immigration attorney Gordon Quan regarding the letter. "This is basically saying, 'Don't do resettlement. If you do resettlement of these Syrian refugees, you may be endangering the whole program that you have'."

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http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/11/20/nonprofits-asked-not-to-help-syrian-refugees/76134346/

Brownshirts.

[CTyankee]

1. beyond disgusting. I have no words for gov. abbot.

this is just vile...

[niyad]

3. I have plenty of words for that scumbag--most of which would get me a visist from the authorities.

[hobbit709]

7. JuanitaJean said that "Greg Abbott was Rick Perry without the intelligence or charm"

He panders to the nutjobs every chance he gets.
His history consists of "I got mine and screw you"
When he was AG he had the state put in a special wheelchair ramp to his office in the Capitol while arguing in Federal court that TX did not have to comply with the ADA
He got millions in his lawsuit over the accident that put him in a wheelchair, then he jumped on the tort reform bandwagon.

Every time I drive past the governor's mansion I flip him the bird

[uppityperson]

2. This is appalling

[geek tragedy]

4. Texass once again wins the race to the bottom nt

[niyad]

5. abbott, you are one sick, twisted, hate-filled waste of skin and oxygen.

[Downwinder]

6. Page from LePage?

[MisterP]

8. aren't these the jagoffs that say "leave everything up to the charities"?

of course the charities are always horrified by the idea (since they'd be swamped as the economy collapses without state support and there'd be no donations whatsoever); and now they're barking orders at them and managing to make *charity workers* dick-punchingly angry at them

[mnhtnbb]

9. I am rapidly approaching the point where I can find nothing positive

about any Republican politicians. Nothing. And it really makes me wonder about
the average person who supports these bags of $hit.

[JEB]

10. The chicken shit Gov. needs to eat a bag of shit and STFU. Idiot. Bigot.

[jmowreader]

11. Sounds like a First Amendment violation to me

What's the current world land speed record for causing your state to be named a defendant in a Supreme Court action? Greg Abbott may have broken it.

[Xithras]

18. Indeed. This isn't just racist, it's appallingly illegal.

A governor can legally tell his state agencies not to cooperate with federal programs.

A governor CANNOT tell state agencies OR nonprofits funded by the state that they cannot provide help to people already living in his state, based solely on the residents nation of origin.

There's a HUGE legal difference between declining to assist the federal government in settling refugees, and refusing public funds to people who are already legal residents based on their ethnicity.

[Skittles]

12. and they call themselves CHRISTIANS

oh yes

[Rex]

13. As a fellow Texan, I would like to say a big

FUCK YOU to Abbott and his winning the Biggest Asshole in Texas yearly award!

The list was loooonnng...

[pampango]

14. When your only strategy is playing the hate card, you end up in evil places. n/t

[joshcryer]

15. What are they going to do?

Close down the Catholic Charities (that typically handle refugee resettlement anyway)?

[Quantess]

16. Seems mean spirited.

Just, petty, mean and low.

[niyad]

17. . . .