We are 4 months into the 2010 fiscal year. The Obama Administration is aiming to resettle 80,000 refugees by September 30th. Check out the numbers here. So far we have brought into an economy in recession 22,502. Top sending countries are as follows:
Burma: 3,859
Bhutan (really Nepal): 3,849
Iraq: 3,639
Somalia: 1,111
For those concerned about Muslim immigration. Most of the Iraqis are Muslims, all of the Somalis are Muslims and a smattering of the Burmese are Muslims. The Worldwide Refugee Processing Center keeps track of the religions of all refugees entering the US, but they won’t release that information to the public. Indeed the general public cannot access this site.