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This bill, known as the CARE Act of 2025 or the Community Assent for Refugee Entry Act of 2025, proposes a significant change to refugee resettlement policies by allowing state and local governments to block refugee placement within their jurisdictions. Specifically, the bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit refugee resettlement in any state where the governor or state legislature has formally expressed disapproval, and in any locality where the local chief executive or legislature has similarly rejected refugee placement. This means that individual states and local governments would gain the power to effectively veto refugee resettlement in their regions, potentially creating a patchwork of refugee admission policies across the United States. The bill represents a substantial shift in refugee policy by giving more local control over immigration decisions, which could result in uneven refugee placement and potentially limit refugee access to certain geographic areas based on local political sentiments.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6414/all-info