FuzzyLumpkins
02-09-2016, 01:05 PM
A 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.”
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2016/2/9/judge-again-denies-texas-request-to-bar-syrian-refugees.html
Not surprising. Texas GOP types are easily baffled by Abbot's bullshit.
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.”
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2016/2/9/judge-again-denies-texas-request-to-bar-syrian-refugees.html
Not surprising. Texas GOP types are easily baffled by Abbot's bullshit.