A group of Republican legislators is sponsoring a bill that would give the final say on a state run refugee resettlement program to the legislature. Wyoming is the only state without a refugee resettlement program and the governor is looking into changing that.
Republican Senator Ogden Driskill says the bill would put more steps in place to create such a program, and would stop Wyoming Governor Matt Mead from implementing anything on his own.
"It’s bringing it back into the hands of a lot more people than one. It’s probably an area that, at least on the surface, that he’s heading in a direction a lot of my constituents don’t agree with," says Driskill.
Governor Mead has asked the Wyoming Humanities Council to look into the issue with a series of public discussions and panels.
The bill will be considered by the full legislature in the upcoming session, which starts February 8th.