Commissioners in one North Dakota county voted Monday night to continue accepting refugees, a split decision that came about because of a Trump administration policy that gives local officials the extraordinary option to reject people fleeing persecution.The vote by the Burleigh County Commission, which
Commissioners in one North Dakota county voted Monday night to continue accepting refugees, a split decision that came about because of a Trump administration policy that gives local officials the extraordinary option to reject people fleeing persecution.
“We have to be accepting of people from other places,” said Brian Bitner, the chairman of the county commission, who opposed additional resettlement. “But the question is, ‘What is that costing us and is there an impact, whether it’s financial or otherwise?’” Story continuesMerci Ndaberewe, who fled war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said he and his family had felt welcomed by North Dakotans after they arrived in Bismarck in 2016. He said the recent discussions about ending resettlement had been hurtful.
Last month, three resettlement agencies sued the Trump administration in federal court in Maryland, arguing that the executive order is a violation of the Refugee Act and unconstitutional because the federal government, not states and localities, has authority over immigration policy. A federal judge is expected to rule on a motion to block the executive order by late January.
Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota, a Republican, said he supported the continued admission of refugees to his state so long as local officials agreed. About 200 miles east of Bismarck, the county that includes Fargo decided to continue taking refugees, according to local reports. Since taking office, Trump has reduced the number of refugees that the United States is willing to resettle every year. In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, he set a cap of 30,000, down from 45,000 the previous year. President Barack Obama had set the ceiling at 110,000 during his last year in office.
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