North Dakota county could be first to vote against refugees

Residents in support of continued refugee resettlement hold signs at a meeting in Bismarck, N.D., Dec. 9. 2019. Several church leaders are urging Burleigh County not to be the nation’s first to refuse new refugees since President Donald Trump ordered that states and counties should have the power to do so.

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Ap 19340827076660 Hm Ndi — Reuben Panchol poses for a photo at the North Dakota state capitol in Bismarck, Dec. 6, 2019. Panchol, who immigrated from Sudan to North Dakota as a child, says he hopes to tell his personal story at a Dec. 9 meeting at which the Burleigh County Commission could vote against accepting any new refugees.

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Bismarck newsman James MacPherson, reported on a North Dakota county that appeared set to become the first in the U.S. to vote against taking any new refugees after President Donald Trump issued an executive order giving them the power to do so. https://bit.ly/2ExyG6Z

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Dec. 20, 2019

North Dakota county could be first to vote against refugees

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