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Texas Has Become The First State In The Nation To Reject The Resettlement Of New Refugees

 Texas Governor Greg Abbott
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Krish Vignarajah is president and CEO of Baltimore-based Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services. "I am deeply disappointed because Texas has actually had a history of leading the nation in welcoming the stranger, as so many people of faith describe this work."

But she says she's not shocked. "In 2015, the governor attempted to stop refugee resettlement,  In the legal battle that followed the courts upheld the law."


A federal judge in Maryland is reviewing whether the president's order was legal.