I generally agree with you about refugee settlements. But if they can’t be ended, then at a minimum I’d like to see them required to get the approval of elected officials who cover the areas where the refugees are to be settled. Then you couldn’t have hypocrites like Senator-turned-Governor Brownback of Kansas, who was a big proponent of refugee settlements...just so long as they weren’t placed in Kansas!
Brownback has a long history of being a weasel, particularly on issues such as the one you cite.