U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday that denies state and local governments any authority to reject the drop-off of refugees into their towns and communities. In essence, former President Donald Trump’s policy (Executive Order 13888 of September 2019) gave state and local governments a say in whether they have the capacity to provide refugees a pathway to become self-sufficient and successfully integrate into American society. Biden’s new executive order (EO) indicated that the federal government would consult with American communities across the country about refugees’ resettlement. The president’s “Executive Order on Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle...