Republican governors across the country are telling the Trump administration their states are willing to resettle refugees, responding to a White House order that immigrant advocates argued seemed designed to deter states from taking in refugees.
Last September, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that requires state and local governments to consent to receiving refugees, with some exceptions. Refugee resettlement agencies criticized the move, saying that it ran the risk of crippling the program if state and local jurisdictions denied refugees entry.But instead of blocking the resettlement of refugees, states, including those led by Republican governors, say they will continue their resettlement programs.
Indiana's current governor, Republican Eric Holcomb, said his state is"a destination of certainty, stability and opportunity." "Our long tradition of welcoming and helping to resettle refugees with support from our federal partners, shows the world the compassion of Hoosiers and our willingness to give others the ability to grow and prosper in the great state of Indiana," Holcomb wrote in a letter provided to refugee agencies and obtained by CNN.
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