Via Buzzfeed:
Texas officials sent a letter Wednesday to the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement saying they plan to withdraw from the federal program on Sept. 30 if a proposed screening plan is not approved.
In August, state officials told ORR that Texas would not accept new refugees “without assurances from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence that the refugees do not pose a security threat to our citizens.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott cited the federal government’s failure to properly vet refugees from “terrorist-based nations” in a statement of support for the planned withdrawal.
“Despite multiple requests by the state of Texas, the federal government lacks the capability or the will to distinguish the dangerous from the harmless, and Texas will not be an accomplice to such dereliction of duty to the American people.”