Texas saw more newly arrived refugees than any other state over the last year, according to data from the Refugee Processing Center. More than 9,700 refugees arrived in Texas from October 2023 to September 2024. “I have a great amount of gratitude and appreciation for our refugee team, because, first of all, they’re just fantastic people, but also they’re just working hard and doing the most and the best that they can do for their families and their communities,” Jones said. TexasThreads