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Ken Tota takes over temporarily at federal Office of Refugee Resettlement

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Leaving some juicy stories not yet posted today, we’ve gotta take care of a little Washington inside baseball for our diehard readers. Many of you know that there was some controversy involving the ‘Unaccompanied minors’ crisis that caused the head honcho at the Office of Refugee Resettlement to abruptly resign late last year.  We mentioned … Continue reading Ken Tota takes over temporarily at federal Office of Refugee Resettlement

Kerry now says 85,000 total refugees for FY2016; Hillary still wants 65,000 Syrian Muslims

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That 85,000 number (from all refugee sending countries) is 15,000 over what the Obama Administration has been asking for (and mostly gotten) in each of his previous years in office. This new number is also higher than the one previously mentioned, so will Kerry now return to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees for further … Continue reading Kerry now says 85,000 total refugees for FY2016; Hillary still wants 65,000 Syrian Muslims

Top languages spoken by refugees admitted to the US—Arabic is #1

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Although I have posted on this before, for all of our new readers, here it is again.  This is from the Refugee Processing Center which is the US State Department’s data collection site for refugee information. Just remember!  When your town “welcomes” refugees, you will receive refugees from many places. You cannot choose your refugees … Continue reading Top languages spoken by refugees admitted to the US—Arabic is #1