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Greg Abbott: “Texas is not accepting your Syrian refugees.”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 05:34

Obama tried to impose an inflow of Syrian refugees. Syria, by the way, is a known terrorist country. And he tried to put them in the state of Texas. And I said, Texas is not accepting your Syrian refugees. And then the next year, in 2016, Obama tried to bring in other refugees from other terrorist based countries. And I said, we're just going to completely pull out from the refugee resettlement program in the state of Texas. (05:34–05:39)

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