Nine months in to fiscal year, Trump could break
record low number of refugees admitted to US, by Ann Corcoran 7/1/18.
George
W. Bush held the previous record low refugee admission years —27,070 in 2002 and 28,117 in 2003—following the
national shock of 9/11.
Unless Donald Trump puts refugee program
in to high gear in coming months, he will set the record for the lowest
resettlement year since the Refugee Act of 1980 was signed in to law by JIMMY
CARTER. GW Bush held previous record.
But,
Donald Trump, if the present rate continues, could come in as low as
21,000-22,000 admissions before the fiscal year ends on September 30th.
Readers
will recall that the President set the CEILING for this fiscal year at 45,000. However,
before you celebrate, remember that lowering the numbers for a few years is not
enough, the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) must be reformed at its very
basic level (requiring Congress!) or once President Trump is no longer in
office the program will
simply go in to overdrive as the Open Borders advocates and resettlement
contractors attempt to make up for what they will see as lost time
in changing America by changing the people.
As
the fiscal year winds down this summer, watch for a renewed pressure campaign
on the President to boost the numbers for FY19. The President sends his
FY19 determination to Congress in September, but you can be sure that behind
the scenes much haggling is already taking place.
As of today we have admitted 16,229 refugees to the US since October 1,
2017 (first day of this fiscal year). During the month of June the number was
1,908 a little above the monthly FY18 average of 1,803.
Here
is a map from Wrapsnet about where they were placed.
Top
‘welcoming’ states in descending order are: Texas (so much for withdrawing from the
program!), Ohio, New York, California, Washington, Arizona,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Minnesota.
Wyoming never had a program, but note
that the big mouths (we want diversity) in liberal Hawaii almost never get any
refugees! See Wrapsnet map on:
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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