To: POKERSAM who wrote (1017987 ) 5/27/2017 3:01:57 PM From: Brumar89 Respond to Trump State Department opens the flood gates, refugee admissions will explode in coming weeksRemember Trump campaigned with talk of a moratorium on refugee resettlement. But at least there's a wall, right? Never mind what he said about anything during the campaign. "We don't care about that now." They're going to increase H2b visas too. A nn Corcoran ? @RefugeeWatcher t.co New York Times my post yesterday Manchester here we come! U.S. Quietly Lifts Limit on Number of Refugees Allowed In WASHINGTON — Despite repeated efforts by President Trump to curtail refugee resettlements, the State Department this week quietly lifted the department’s restriction on the number of refugees allowed to enter the United States. The result could be a near doubling of refugees entering the country, f rom about 830 people a week in the first three weeks of this month to well over 1,500 people per week by next month, according to refugee advocates. State Department’s decision was conveyed in an email on Thursday to the private agencies Refugee groups now predict that entries into the United States could increase so rapidly that the total number of refugees admitted by Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, could exceed 70,000. refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com Refugee advocates were delighted by the State Department’s decision. Continue reading here Bottomline is that it appears that the REPUBLICAN Congress (never forget they want to keep big business donors happy by providing a steady supply of cheap labor) appropriated gobs of money for refugee resettlement! And, the Trump Administration (remember Trump campaigned with talk of a moratorium on refugee resettlement ) appears to have no fight left in them on this issue (other issues too!). Here are the refugee admissions since 9/11 projected 70,000). Bush had only 2 years in excess of 70,000 and Obama had 3 of his 8 years higher than 70,000.2001: 87,259 (this year’s number would have been proposed by Clinton in the fall of 2000)2004: 79,158 2009: 74,654 2010: 73,311 2016: 84,994 refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com
