Refugee activists pouncing on supposed Pentagon
concern for drop in refugee numbers, by Ann Corcoran, 8/26/18.
They say that the Pentagon (although I have yet to see a single name
from the Pentagon say this) is concerned that especially Iraqis who help the
military won’t want to help if they don’t get assurances of a ticket to
America.
Frankly, I’m not so sure
I like the idea of offering tickets to your town or mine, as carrots for
working for the US in Iraq. Isn’t it time (past time!) we let Iraq take
care of itself!
So the Pentagon is the new ally of the
Open Borders Left and wants to see more Iraqis moved to American towns?
Here is Voice of America (one
of many stories on this) where the Open Borders Left is using the Pentagon as
an ally to get more Middle Easterners in to the US.
And,
by the way, there is a Special Immigrant Visa program separate from the normal Refugee
Admissions Program which is how Afghans (very large numbers at the moment)
and Iraqis are getting to the US.
In
fact, we learned that the resettlement contractors were staying afloat because
they are paid to place the SIVs too. Is that why they are snuggling up to a
strange bedfellow—the Pentagon?
The
issue of the CEILING or CAP on admissions that the Trump Administration is
pondering at the moment is a separate issue, but the refugee industry advocates
and their media friends are (on purpose?) lumping it altogether.
U.S. military officials worry that sharp cuts to the number of refugees
resettled in the country will hurt national security.
In
an exclusive report Monday, Reuters cited unnamed officials who said that the concerns stem
from the low numbers of Iraqi refugees whose applications were processed this
fiscal year, just 48 as of mid-August, and the fear that people in volatile
regions won’t work with U.S. forces on the ground if they don’t see a
commitment to resettlement.
The
reporter immediately jumps to the CAP! - The Iraqis who have been resettled are
among about 18,000 refugees admitted since October 2017, far below the 45,000
cap for the fiscal year, which ends next month, and the lowest since the
Refugee Resettlement Program began in 1980. The trend appears likely to
continue.
Earlier
this month, the New York Times reported that President Donald Trump’s
administration may lower the cap on refugees admitted in 2019 to 25,000, a drop
of about 45 percent.
More here. Again,
the Special Immigrant Visas are separate from the normal
Refugee Admissions Program!
I’m
going to have more on this in the coming days because it seems that the FBI is
doing more serious vetting of some wannabe refugees and that is slowing the
admissions process. Needless to say that is infuriating the resettlement
contractors and their friends in the media.
Comments
The French Resistance
helped the US Military during World War II, but they stayed in France to help
rebuild their own country. Why is that
not happening in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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