Texas threatens to withdraw from federal refugee program

Published September 21, 2016 5:08pm ET



State leaders in Texas on Wednesday sent notice to the federal government that it will be withdrawing from its refugee resettlement program unless conditions are met.

In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, Texas’ State Refugee Coordinator Kara Crawford told the Office of Refugee Resettlement that her state will withdraw from the federally-funded Refugee Assistance Program unless demands for refugee screening are “unconditionally” met by Sept. 30.

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