Texas News 13 Republican Governors Agree To Refugee Resettlement; Greg Abbott Hasn’t Yet Decided KWBU | By Texas Standard Published January 6, 2020 at 11:47 AM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:22 Gabriel Cristóver Pérez/KUT A memorial for refugees at the Austin Refugee Day Festival in 2016. Governors have until Jan. 21 to tell the State Department whether they will opt into the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program – a new requirement from the Trump administration.