Texas refuses to resettle refugees but they’ll likely keep coming

AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — Governor Greg Abbott followed through on his promise to pull Texas from the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program Friday.
Texas, which is currently taking in more refugees than any other state, will no longer cooperate with the federal program.
In the past year more than 6,700 refugees resettled in Texas– that is more than nine percent of the total coming to the country.
The state’s refusal to participate in the program comes after the Obama administrat