North Dakota county votes to accept up to 25 refugees next year in a split decision that follows a Trump admin. order granting local governments the authority to reject taking refugees.
“We are not in this country just to take your government money,” said Tresor Mugwaneza, a college student who came to the U.S. from Congo. “In fact, we are here to work and be successful in life just like everyone else here.”
Bismarck Mayor Steve Bakken said during the meeting that the potential costs associated with supporting new refugees needed to be taken into consideration. In September, Trump announced the U.S. would receive only 18,000 refugees in fiscal year 2020, a historic low since the program began in 1980. “State and local governments are best positioned to know the resources and capacities they may or may not have available to devote to sustainable resettlement, which maximizes the likelihood refugees placed in the area will become self-sufficient and free from long-term dependence on public assistance,” Trump said in the executive order.
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