Anti-refugee crusade not an empty threat

Most of the nation's Republican governors are announcing they will refuse to accept refugees escaping Syria's civil war - and Indiana proves this isn't an empty threat. It appeared to be merely chest-pounding at first, but now the threat is real.

Fascist Gov. Mike Pence - fresh off his antigay campaign - has made Indiana probably the first state to carry out its warning against refugees. An article at Daily Kos says Pence "has won the prize for biggest piece of shit in America." Two Syrian refugee families who had been cleared by the federal government to resettle in the United States had been scheduled to arrive in Indianapolis - but now Pence has forced them to cancel their plans. A state agency sent letters to the organizations resettling the refugees that the resettlement program had been placed on hold. One of the families had been waiting 3 years to come to the United States.

Aren't the Republicans supposed to be the "family values" party?

Incidentally, Pence is violating federal law - namely the United States Refugee Act of 1980. This is an impeachable offense. Also, one of the families is being resettled in Connecticut instead. Once they settle there, will Pence stop them from moving to Indiana afterward?

When was the last time America had a coordinated persecution campaign like this by public officials? Why are we letting our country and our states be defined by the bigotry of the white supremacist Republican Party?

(Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-syrian-refugees-indiana-20151118-story.html)