So far the total number of refugees admitted to the US in FY17 is 51,024.
For the first time in the history of the over 3-decades-old program, we have surpassed the CEILING.
(Thank the Supreme Court for that—for writing law!)
And, since inauguration day we have admitted 21,007 refugees according to data stored by the US State Department at Wrapsnet.
83% of the 51,024 come from 8 countries (see below).
Here is a map showing where the 51,024 have been placed:
Top five ‘welcoming’ states are California, Texas, New York, Washington and Ohio.
Here are the eight countries which dominate the refugee flow to America this fiscal year (from October 1, 2016 to today):
DR Congo (8,927)
Iraq (6,701)
Syria (6,463)
Somalia (5,905)
Burma (4787)
Ukraine (4,030)
Bhutan (3,030)
Iran (2,423)
Total for those eight is 42,266
In the 51,024 there were 22,156 refugees of various Muslim sects making the total Muslim percentage in this year’s flow 43% as of this writing.