Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday he is withdrawing Kansas from the federal government’s refugee relocation program because of security concerns.
Despite the state’s withdrawal, refugees will continue to be resettled in Kansas, federal officials said.
Brownback had already issued executive orders barring state agencies from assisting in the resettlement of refugees from Syria and other countries that posed a safety risk. The decision announced Tuesday removes the state from the program completely.
But federal officials told Brownback that if the state withdrew, the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement would work directly with local refugee resettlement organizations and refugees would continue to come to the state.
“If the state were to cease participating in the refugee resettlement program, it would have no effect on the placement of refugees by the State Department in Kansas, or the ORR-funded benefits they can receive,” wrote Mark Greenberg with the federal Administration for Children and Families in an April 13 letter to Brownback.
h/t Ann Corcoran
“If the state were to cease participating in the refugee resettlement program, it would have no effect on the placement of refugees by the State Department in Kansas. . . .” If the feds continue to resettle the Muslims in Kansas against your wishes, then just call out your National Guard and your State Militia, and round up the refugees and drop them off at your State border. Assert your States Rights and refuse to back down. Show some real guts instead of backing down to an out of control illegal federal government. Lets show the world that those on the right can be just as forceful and in-your-face as those on the left.