Burgum says North Dakota will continue to receive refugees after Trump order
BISMARCK — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announced Tuesday, Nov. 19, the state would continue to receive refugees as long as local governments agree to it.
The announcement comes in response to a September executive order issued by President Donald Trump, which allowed state and local governments to decide whether to receive resettled refugees. On the same day Trump signed the order, his Republican administration set a cap of 18,000 for newly admitted refugees in the 2020 fiscal year, according to the Washington Post. The limit is the lowest in the four-decade history of the program.
Burgum cited economic reasons for continuing to accept refugees in North Dakota.
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