Gov. Chris Christie has withdrawn the state of New Jersey from participation in the U.S. Refugee Resettlement program, and Obama administration officials are working quickly to claim the federal government can continue to resettle refugees in the Garden State.
“Federal officials held a conference call Friday morning [April 22] with representatives of nonprofit groups who help refugees resettle in New Jersey, a process that will no longer have the participation of Gov. Chris Christie’s administration,” New Jersey 101.5 reported.
Earlier this week, Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, announced that Kansas was also withdrawing from the U.S. Refugee Resettlement program.
The decisions by New Jersey and Kansas now bring the total of states who have withdrawn from the U.S. Refugee Resettlement program to fourteen.
The federal government currently operates the refugee resettlement program in twelve of those states through VOLAGs (voluntary agencies) under Department of Health and Human Services regulations that created the “Wilson-Fish alternative program.” Recently, the statutory authority of those regulations has come under question.
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I personally have a problem with the Federal Government trying to supersede the individual states. Remember what started the Civil War? States rights? Yes!
ReplyDeleteIt's time for the Confederate States of America to be resurrected.
Ahhh, okay moron^^^^
ReplyDeleteTenth Amendment says, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
ReplyDeleteThat's it. Problem solved. No refugees enter a State that does not want them.
Period.
It's really that simple.
Well I don't want them, and I live in MD. Good for Gov. Christie for now allowing them in NJ.
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