Presidential Executive Order on Enhancing State and Local Involvement in Refugee Resettlement

Presidential executive order issued 9/26/19 instructing the federal government to settle refugees only in those jurisdictions in which both the state and local governments have consented to receive refugees under the DOS Reception and Placement Program. (84 FR 52355, 10/1/19)

Executive Order 13888 of September 26, 2019

Enhancing State and Local Involvement in Refugee Resettlement

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