Obama has
Secretly Resettled Syrian Muslim Refugees In 36 States, 12/1/15
(Breitbart)
– Since the start of the Syria’s civil war in the spring of 2011, the U.S. has
admitted 2,311 Syrian refugees and resettled them in 36 different states.
According to data from the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center the top
three destinations for Syrian refugees since the beginning of the conflict are
California, Texas, and Michigan.
From
March 15, 2011 through December 1, 2015, California received the most (261)
Syrian refugees, Texas received the second most with 242, and Michigan has
received the third most with 217.
Other
states that have received Syrian refugees since March 2011 include: Arizona
(182), Illinois (170), Pennsylvania (161), Florida (142), Kentucky (101), New
Jersey (99), Ohio (89), Massachusetts (72), Georgia (69), North Carolina (56),
New York (55), Connecticut (51), Maryland (43), Tennessee (42), Indiana (39),
Washington (38), Idaho (37), Missouri (29), Virginia (26), Colorado (18),
Louisiana (14), Utah (12), Kansas (8), Nevada (8), Minnesota (7), New Mexico
(6), Oregon (6),New Hampshire (3), Oklahoma (3), Wisconsin (2), Arkansas (1),
Maine (1), and West Virginia (1).
The Obama
administration plans to resettle at least 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S.
by the end of fiscal year 2016, which started in October. As of Tuesday the
Obama administration has resettled 438 Syrian refugees in the U.S. this fiscal
year. The top receiving states this fiscal year has been California (53),
Arizona (42), Pennsylvania (40), Kentucky (38), Ohio (37), Texas (35), Florida
(31), and Michigan (30).
The resettlement of Syrian refugees
in the U.S. has been under increased scrutiny following the November 13 Islamic
State terrorist attacks in Paris. In addition to the concerns voiced by top
officials about the lack of data to fully vet the refugees coming to the U.S.,
at least two of the terrorists gained access to Europe by posing as
Syrian refugees.
In the aftermath of the Paris
attacks a majority of the nation’s governors expressed opposition to or
outrightly said they would refuse Syrian refugee resettlement in their states.
Despite opposition, as of November
17 some of the refugees have been settled in states whose governors opposed the
action. Such states include Florida (19), Arizona (14), Georgia (3), Idaho (1),
Illinois (6), Maryland (4), Michigan (10), New Jersey (11), and Ohio (7).
Monday CNS
News reported that the vast majority of Syrian refugees that have
been resettled in the U.S. are Sunni Muslim and very few are Christians or
other religious minorities.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/01/syrian-refugees-resettled-36-states-catx-mi/
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