President Obama recently announced that he wants to increase the number of
Muslim refugees this country takes in to a staggering additional 10,000.
In light of
that fact, it might be worthwhile to take a look at what the economic bottom
line is going to look like when that happens.
According to
the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, almost 92% of Muslim refugees in this country are currently on
food stamps. Nearly 69% percent are receiving cash welfare.
Even if
Americans were on board with President Obama’s desire to help finance the
Islamization of America and the west, while bringing in untold numbers of ISIS
fighters who are openly hiding among the refugees to this country where it will
be easier for them to carry out their deadly terrorist agenda on our soil, the
economic burden alone should cause us to reconsider.
During
the time period referenced in the chart (FY2008 to FY2013), the United States
admitted 115,617 refugees from the Middle East and granted asylum to another
10,026.
Also
during this 5-year time frame, according to the Department of Homeland
Security, the United States granted permanent admission to a total of 308,805
individuals from these same 10 Middle Eastern countries (designated as
refugee-sending nations) through the issuance of green cards. Those with green
cards are Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) of the United States who may apply
for citizenship after 5 years and bring their foreign relatives into the U.S.
on green cards as well.
More
broadly, concerning all immigration, the Migration Policy Institute notes that
the U.S. has taken in “about 20 percent of the world’s international migrants,
even as it represents less than 5 percent of the global population,” and that 1
in 4 U.S. residents is now either an immigrant or born to immigrant parents.
The Census projects that another 14 million immigrants will arrive in the
United States between now and 2025, easily eclipsing the highest previous
historical watermark for foreign-born population share.
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