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Syrian Refugees

According to the Texas Tribune, the fight over the Syrian refugees is not over yet. Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference yesterday to discuss how to curb the program.

Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas teamed up Tuesday to push new curbs on Syrian refugees entering the United States, with Cruz unveiling a new bill that would let states "opt out" of accepting some refugees.

"America is a charitable nation, but we cannot allow charity for some to compromise the safety for all," Abbott said during a news conference with Cruz in Washington, D.C. "That is what has happened by the way that the federal government has interpreted and applied the Refugee Act that already exists."

The new legislation, known as the State Refugee Security Act, would let a governor reject the resettlement of a refugee in his or her state "unless there is adequate assurance that the refugee does not present a security risk," according to Cruz's office. Abbott is among more than 30 chief state executives who have refused to accept Syrian refugees following the recent Paris attacks, citing concerns about the United States' ability to vet the refugees for potential terrorists.

The news conference came four days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Abbott's successor, abandoned the state's legal efforts to halt the arrival this week of 21 refugees in Dallas and Houston. Abbott emphasized Tuesday the state's lawsuit to block the further resettlement of Syrian refugees in Texas is ongoing, referring additional questions to Paxton's office.

"I will continue to do everything that I can to ensure that refugees from Syria who pose a danger to the people of the state of Texas will not be allowed to relocate into the state of Texas," Abbott told reporters.

Texas' fight with the federal government over Syrian refugees is unfolding against the backdrop of a presidential race in which Cruz has positioned himself as a fierce opponent of their resettlement in the U.S. Cruz is also pushing legislation that would immediately place aa three-year moratorium on the U.S. accepting refugees from terrorist strongholds, including Iraq and Syria.

I don't expect Cruz's legislation to go anywhere but this is another of example of the federal government having too much power. We have been told that all refugees will be going through a tough screening process, but according to multiple reports, so did the female terrorist in California.

Do we really trust the feds to do their job?

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