Here we go again, refugee numbers jump, 342
since Wednesday, by Ann Corcoran 3/24/17
As we have said repeatedly, and most recently here, the Hawaiian judge did not have the power to slow the flow
of refugees entering the US, nor did he have any power to set the
ceiling. That said, a week after the 120-day slowdown was to
go in to effect, the numbers entering the US picked up dramatically since we
reported 38,111 as of Wednesday (for FY17).
Who is calling the shots on refugee
admissions? Career bureaucrats or Sec. of State Tillerson? Either way, why the
big jump in admissions over last two days? And, what is taking Trump so long to
choose Asst. Sec. to oversee refugee program?
Today data at Wrapsnet indicates
that another 342 refugees arrived in the US in the last 48 hours. We are
now at 38,453!
If the US Department of State had
been preparing for a 120-day pause to begin on March 16th, how is it that this
large number of refugees was ready to board planes? Is there anyone in
charge (other than the career people) at the Bureau of Population, Refugees and
Migration? Are they still calling all the shots? Or, is it possible that
the White House isn’t willing to fight on this portion of the EO (assuming we
wouldn’t notice)?
The top five nationalities among the
342 newly arrived are as follows:
Syria (55 and 51 of those were Muslims)
Somalia (50 and all are Muslims)
Burma (44 and a surprisingly high
number of those—17—are Muslims)
Iraq (41 and 32 are Muslims)
Ukraine (32 and zero Muslims)
The top five states receiving Syrians over
the last two days are: Michigan, North Carolina, Tennessee, Idaho and Ohio.
The top five states receiving Somalis since
Wednesday are: Massachusetts, Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, and New York.
This post is filed in our Trump
Watch! category as well as ‘refugee statistics’ and ‘where to find information.’
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