(Nati Harnik | AP) Hatim Ido is seen at the Yazidi community center in Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 19, 2019. Gov. Pete Ricketts announced he would continue to allow refugees to settle in Nebraska, and in an open letter praised President Trump for adding new security layers to the vetting process. The uncertainty prior to that announcement was a major worry for Hatim Ido, a graduate student in Lincoln, Neb., who fled from Iraq to the United States after working as a translator for the U.S. Army.