MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — Residents of Wisconsin communities would be able to voice concerns about refugee resettlements under a bill that’s passed the legislature.
It would require local governments to allow the public to voice concerns about any proposed resettlements.
City officials in Whitewater have raised concerns about their ability to provide services for hundreds of recently arrived Central American refugees, while the city council in Eau Claire last month reaffirmed its support of a plan by a Christian non-profit to resettle 75 refugees there.
The measure would also require county refugee placement committees to make recommendations on whether local governments should pass resolutions on proposed refugee placements.
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