Refugee arrivals picked up this month, by Ann
Corcoran, 9/29/18.
It
is what happens every year at this time. The State Department pours refugees in at a much higher rate in the
final month of the fiscal year, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that, with only a
couple more days to go in this month, we are above the average admission rate
for the previous 11 months.
Rohingya refugees protesting in
Phoenix. 979 came to the US this year. 109 were welcomed by the Trump
State Department since September first!
Checking
the data at Wrapsnet, as of this morning we are at 22,469
refugees admitted. That is 2,570 more than we had on September first.
The
average for the previous 11 months was 1,809.
Nevertheless,
it is nearly official—and it will be official on Sunday evening—that this is
the lowest number of admissions since the Refugee Act of 1980 was signed in to law by Jimmy Carter.
Top
ethnic groups arriving since September 1 are from these countries: DR Congo
(1,058), Burma (381), Ukraine (363).
Of the total 2,570 September arrivals, 418 are Muslims of one sect or
another. Most concerning to me is that 109 of the
Burmese are devout Rohingya Muslims.
P.S. I’m going to be away
over the weekend, but will give you year-end numbers on Monday or Tuesday next
week.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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