ORR, where is the annual report?

By law* the Office of Refugee Resettlement is required to report to Congress about how the refugee resettlement program and the refugees are fairing.  The reports are handy to find out for instance how employment is going for refugees or for example, what percentage are on food stamps.  However, the Office of Refugee Resettlement is now WAY BEHIND in their reports.  Note here, the most recent report to Congress is 2007!

* Section 413(a) of the Immigration and Nationalities Act states:

Sec. 413. [8 U.S.C. 1523] (a) The Secretary, shall submit a report on activities under this chapter to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate not later than the January 31 following the end of each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 1980.

We are just now beginning FY 2011, so it seems to me that 2008 and 2009 should have long ago been made available to Congress AND the public!  Kinda makes you think they are hiding something!

And, if they had time to create this database why don’t they have time for the report?

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