Doug Burgum said last month that North Dakota would continue accepting refugees where local jurisdictions agreed, and his spokesman said the governor saw it as a local decision. The program has been in existence in North Dakota since 1948. Sign up for our newsletters to get today's top stories, your favourite columnists and lots more in your inbox Sign Up NowFor decades, North Dakota considered any population gain a good thing. “Honestly, North Dakotans have been very welcoming to me and I give North Dakota credit for helping people like me better their lives,” he said. “It wasn’t my choice to come to North Dakota, but I’m glad I did.

Source: thestar December 08, 2019 16:28 UTC