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TN GOP leader: Round up Syrian refugees, remove from state

Rep. Glen Casada, R-Franklin, is center in this file photo.
Rep. Glen Casada, R-Franklin, is center in this file photo. Rep. Glen Casada, R-Franklin, is center in this file photo.
photo Rep. Glen Casada, R-Franklin, is center in this file photo.

A top Tennessee Republican lawmaker believes the time has come for the National Guard to round up any Syrian refugees who have recently settled in the state and to stop any additional Syrian refugees from entering Tennessee.

“We need to activate the Tennessee National Guard and stop them from coming in to the state by whatever means we can,” said House GOP Caucus Chairman Glen Casada, R-Franklin, referencing refugees.

“I’m not worried about what a bureaucrat in D.C. or an unelected judge thinks. … We need to gather (Syrian refugees) up and politely take them back to the ICE center and say, ‘They’re not coming to Tennessee, they’re yours.'”

Read more from our news partner at The Tennessean.