Reuters
(Texas)
February 8, 2016
A
U.S. judge denied for the second time a request by Texas to bar relief
agencies from bringing Syrian refugees into the state, a decision that
could have a bearing on
the attempts of 30 other governors to block refugees from their states.
U.S.
District Judge David Godbey said the Republican leaders who have fought
the resettlement have not shown Texas would suffer irreparable harm.
The same judge rejected
in December the state's request for a restraining order saying the
evidence presented was "largely speculative hearsay."
"The
Court does not deny that the Syrian refugees pose some risk. That would
be foolish," Godbey wrote in the decision. "In our country, however, it
is the federal executive
that is charged with assessing and mitigating that risk, not the states
and not the courts."
Democratic
President Barack Obama has pledged to take in 10,000 people fleeing
war-torn Syria and has so far admitted 2,000 refugees. Europe is dealing
with millions of
refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East and Africa.
After
the Paris attacks in November, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a
Republican, was one of the first of more than 30 U.S. governors who are
seeking to block the resettlement
of Syrians into their states.
Some
legislators fear that Islamic State, which claimed credit for the Paris
attacks, will hide militants intent on carrying out more killings among
the influx of refugees
entering the United States.
The
federal government has tightened visa waiver rules for visitors
following the attacks in France that killed 130 people and immigration
has become a flashpoint in the
November presidential election in America.
Since
the fiscal year 2011, 243 Syrian refugees have resettled in Texas, a
U.S. court filing in December said, making the state one of the main
U.S. relocation sites since
the Syrian civil war erupted about five years ago.
Since
Obama took office in January 2009, the most populous
Republican-controlled state has filed suit against his administration 39
times on issues ranging from immigration
to the environment to abortion.
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