Monday, September 12, 2005

Resettling people

This USA TODAY link discusses how Texas is moving some of their refugees on to other states...

....With more than 223,000 refugees already in Texas, Perry spokeswoman Kathy Walt said officials at relief centers around the state say they are running out of room....

Texas has been taking in refugees from New Orleans since Wednesday and by Saturday, Perry warned the state was nearing its limit. The storm and its aftermath has displaced some 1.5 million people.

Texas officials estimate about 100,000 Louisiana residents are staying in hotels and motels across the state and another 123,000 are being temporarily housed in 97 shelters throughout the state from the Houston Astrodome to El Paso.....

Ah yes...but people helping resettle refugees don't count...especially if they are Texans...

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