Saturday’s Los Angeles Times had a major sob story claiming President Donald Trump has somehow made North Dakota unfriendly to the refugees already residing there.

In fact, the only thing that has changed is that Trump increased freedom for local communities to opt out of refugee resettlement if they wish.

The change shows the elite Rescue Project is no longer the sacred cow it once was. Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently announced that his state will no longer accept refugees after taking in 10 percent of America’s total for the last decade. (Breitbart News: Texas Governor Greg Abbott First in U.S. to Halt Refugee Flow into His State.)

This declaration followed the odd news earlier in January that 18 Republican governors requested more refugees even though the foreigners cost taxpayers $1.8 billion annually. Go figure.

Interestingly, the great majority of the asylum seekers have turned out to have fake claims: Their acceptance rate has fallen to less than one percent. So the already squishy category of Victim immigrants has shown itself to be worthy of suspicion among Americans who are paying attention.

Plus, on a planet approaching 8 billion residents, America cannot be the welfare office for all the needy. People need to stay home and work for reform, as once was the norm before cell phones and easy transit.

The Times should be ashamed of an article where the city being discussed is misspelled once ("Bismark"!) and it reports Trump said “many refugees are criminals” which is not accurate — though he may have said “some” which is certainly true.