Tennessee Tells Refugees To Hit The Road, Jack, And Don’t Come Back
The growing number of Middle Eastern refugees is now growing by the day. Unrest in the region has caused a deluge of displaced immigration to fall on countries around the world.
The state of Tennessee, however, has weighed its options and decided to take a stand against the government mandated invasion of foreigners. The Thomas More Law Center has officially filed a lawsuit on behalf of the State of Tennessee.
They are questioning the constitutional merit of the refugee resettlement program, citing the 10th Amendment. They are claiming that being forced to house these “refugees” violates their state sovereignty. If their suit is successful, it could open toe door to many other states doing the same, and allow them to avoid the invasion.
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From Breitbart:
The lawsuit places Tennessee at the center of the national debate concerning the operation of the federal refugee resettlement program.
President Trump will be holding a rally in Nashville on Wednesday to garner public support for his agenda. His revised Executive Order 13780 temporarily halting the federal refugee resettlement program and temporarily banning travel from six Middle Eastern countries goes into effect on Thursday.
As a national non-profit public interest law firm, the Thomas More Law Center, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan will represent Tennessee without charge.
In April 2016, the Tennessee General Assembly passed SJR 467 by overwhelming majorities authorizing the filing of a lawsuit to address the federal government’s commandeering of state funds to continue the refugee resettlement program in Tennessee. In 2007, the state of Tennessee officially withdrew from the federal program but the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement unilaterally designated Catholic Charities of Tennessee to force continued use of state funds to resettle refugees in the state.
This is not the first time this issue has come up in Tennessee specifically. Last year, the governors of 30 states have asked the federal government to reconsider their mandate that they resettle 10,000 refugees in their states.
This is another excellent example of the damaging mandates that we are still fighting off in our detox of the Obama administration.
Yes, the refugee crisis must be dealt with, but pushing them off on places that don’t want them will not only put our country at risk, but allow for our enemies to grow unchecked within our borders.
(Source: Right Wing News)
