(washingtonpost) - For months, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) has had questions about the federal government’s refugee resettlement program. And, for months, he says he has failed to get satisfactory answers. So, this week, he announced that he’s pulling out of the program altogether.
“Because the federal government has failed to provide adequate assurances regarding refugees it is settling in Kansas, we have no option but to end our cooperation with and participation in the federal refugee resettlement program,” Brownback said in a Tuesday statement, announcing the withdrawal from a program that has placed more than 2,000 global refugees in Kansas over the past four years.
The decision is the latest development in a months-long saga that began in mid-November, when Brownback signed an executive order barring state officials from helping the federal government in its efforts to settle Syrian refugees in Kansas.
Brownback cited the then-days-old Paris terrorist attacks for the move, concluding that Syrian refugees present “an unacceptable risk to the safety and security of the State of Kansas.” In doing so, he joined a growing chorus of mostly Republican governors voicing such opposition — a group that would swell in number to more 30 governors.
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