Posted on Nov 16, 2015
PO3 Sherry Thornburg
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Do you know the reasons behind Texas, and other states refusing Syrian Refugees? I'm sure many have heard about State Governors refusing to take in Syrian Refugees that are being brought in the day after the attacks in Paris. Below is an article that states the reasons for Texas refusing to accept more refugees.

Greg Abbott by the way does not lack compassion. He was Attorney General for Texas during Hurricane Katrina and worked to bring as many people from New Orleans to Houston as could be done by air and buses.

Read the article before commenting. Apparently there is standing for his and other Governor's refusal to accept refugees. http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/texas-news/2015/11/16/governor-greg-abbott-texas-syrian-refugees-letter-to-obama/75867476/
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SGT Dana Williams
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A rare outbreak of Common Sense!
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SPC Jared Bever
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Because terrorists pretending to be refugees is just one way of them to get here in large numbers.
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SSgt Alex Robinson
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Governor Abbot and all the other governors Who are opposed to bringing the Syrian refugees to their state into our country in general are concerned like I am that the people being brought to this country from Syria are not being properly vetted. Most of the people being relocated are men between the ages of 18 and 35. That is military Aged men Who may have terrorist connections and a national security risk to our country. Because all of the people who have recently been the perpetrator of terrorist acts have been Islamic men who fall into that range of ages These people need to be carefully scrutinized. The better solution would be for them to help effect changes in their homeland so this review crisis can and and families are not torn apart and our national security is preserved.
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PO3 Sherry Thornburg
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Agree. As has been mentioned by a number of others, the videos of newly arrived refugees don't look like families, they look like soldiers.
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SFC Mark Merino
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Set up some GP Mediums dress right dress on the White House lawn.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
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PO3 Sherry Thornburg "He was County Commissioner for Harris County during Hurricane Katrina..."

No, he wasn't. He was the Attorney General of Texas during Katrina (2005). Before that, he was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Texas. He has never been a County Commissioner for Harris County.
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PO3 Sherry Thornburg
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ooh, thanks for the correction. I'll fix that.
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SGT Bryan O'Reilly
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Legally, yes morally no. We are the guardians of freedom. Our values Freedom, Justice, democracy are always our values, even when they are not expedient. We cannot champion freedom elsewhere and then have a double standard here. It may not Play in Peoria, as the saying goes, but if we are going to challenge inequality and oppression globally we need to practice what we preach, IMO. ISIS will attack at some point and I will not deny that one way would be with plants in guise of refugees, so we need to be thorough and even may not be enough. But we are only as good as our word and we have told these people for years that we would help. So, it is a dilmia but one we helped make and if we cannot stick to our word in times of trouble than we are not what we say we are.
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PO3 Sherry Thornburg
PO3 Sherry Thornburg
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Understand your stance. I could even agree with it if it weren't for the self destructiveness of bringing people to this country knowing we don't have the ability to screen them properly, don't have the ablility to house and feed them here with our social services already a mess from taking in so many illegals already. You worry about not helping them and making us look bad, but we will be doing them no service if all we can offer them is poverty and unemployment when they get here.
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MAJ Donald Belles
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yes
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1stSgt Sergeant Major/First Sergeant
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Yes, the Fed has no authority to order any of the refugees to be housed in Wisconsin.
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SFC Terry Fortune
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I believe that they should. The Gov. of Al. just did that yesterday, and I feel that the Gov. of Ms. will do the same thing.
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CAPT Gary Foster
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Our immigration system is broken. We used to vet all immigrants to make sure they were suitable to become Americans. Governors do have the right to restrict the influx of refugees, because they are tasked with providing safety and security of all citizens in their states. However, I am sure the current White House occupant will use his power to override any Governor's power and circumvent what the people of this country want as usual. Refugees from Syria and the middle east do not need to be brought here. Send them to a middle east country where the religion of Islam is prevalent. This is a middle east problem. We have enough issues with illegals coming across our borders from South America.
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