Today we reached 49,255 refugees, 745 away from
Trump 50,000 cap, by Ann Corcoran, 7/3/17
And, once we pass the
50,000 cap (aka ceiling), then the Supreme Court will be effectively running
the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program.
Refugees arriving over the
Presidentially-determined ceiling of 50,000 are the responsibility of nine
unelected judges who have decided that relatives can’t possibly be terrorists!
The ceiling has been a cornerstone of the refugee program for 37
years and last week the Supremes took it upon themselves to lay out fuzzy
parameters for exceeding the ceiling set by President Trump that no President
in at least a decade has exceeded (maybe ever!).
I just checked the latest numbers
at Wrapsnet and see that as of today we have admitted 49,255
refugees this fiscal year. (The fiscal year ends September 30th).
We should hit 50,000 within a few
days. So, will the members of the court begin getting the daily
Presidential security briefing when that happens? And, come to think of it, who
tells the Supremes that they have exceeded their Constitutional authority? Hmmmm?
Here are the top ten ‘welcoming’ states (so much for Texas trying to
get out of the program):
The top ten States who have received
these refugees are: California - 4763, Texas – 4398, New York – 2826, Washington - 2545, Ohio - 2476, Michigan 2367, Arizona 2134,
Pennsylvania 1948, Georgia 1767, North Carolina 1766.
Just so you know, 3 states and the
District of Columbia got less than 10 each (Mississippi–6, Hawaii–3, DC–2, and
Wyoming–0). This post is filed in my ‘Supreme Court’ archive.
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