Commissioners in one North Dakota county voted on Monday night to continue accepting refugees, a split decision that came about because of a Trump administration policy that gives local officials the extraordinary option to reject people fleeing persecution.

The vote by the Burleigh County Commission, which followed a nearly four-hour session of public comment with emotional pleas from residents on both sides of the issue, came as governors and local officials across the country weigh an executive order by President Trump that requires local consent for new refugee arrivals.

So far, it is not believed that any local government has refused to take refugees next year. But the North Dakota commissioners voted, 3-2, to cap refugee admissions in their county at 25, about the same number as last year, and also asked for an annual report on the new arrivals. It was not immediately clear whether they had the authority to set those conditions.

The Burleigh County commissioners had originally planned to debate the issue last week, but they postponed the hearing after a large crowd turned up to speak. Ahead of the rescheduled meeting, which was moved to a middle school with more space, commissioners’ inboxes were flooded with emails from residents for and against the proposal.