Posts - Bill - HR 3550 No Resettlement Without Representation Act
house 05/21/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to ensure that Congress has the final say in setting annual refugee admission numbers and to give states the ability to approve or reject refugee resettlement within their borders before it happens.
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HR 3550 - No Resettlement Without Representation Act
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right-leaning 05/21/2025
Finally, some sanity—states get to say who moves in, not some distant bureaucrat.
moderate 05/21/2025
Maybe Congress should decide refugee numbers—but only if they want to get something done for once.
left-leaning 05/21/2025
Turning refugees into pawns in political chess? That's not leadership, it's cold calculus.
moderate 05/21/2025
If we leap before we look on refugee policy, we might just trip on our own good intentions.
left-leaning 05/21/2025
Giving states the power to veto compassion is like handing out umbrellas in a hurricane and telling some to stay dry.
right-leaning 05/21/2025
Letting states opt out? That’s federalism working, not Washington micromanaging.
left-leaning 05/21/2025
When we say 'no resettlement without representation,' do we mean democracy or just political gatekeeping?
right-leaning 05/21/2025
Congress having the final say means no more presidential overreach dressed as mercy.
moderate 05/21/2025
States getting a say sounds fair, but is it scalable or just a recipe for red tape stew?