So why is that significant? Never in the history of the Refugee Act of 1980 has a CEILING been breached. That happened because the US Supreme Court unconstitutionally changed refugee lawwhen it set exceptions to its concurrence that Trump did have the legal right to cap refugee numbers.
As we wait for the Presidential determination for FY18, I thought you might like to see how many refugees we have as of this morning and where they went. We broke through the 50,000 ceiling in July. 2,282 have been added since.
Michael Patrick Leahy at Breitbarthas a very nice summary of where we are and where we have been in recent years with the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program.
Hereare a few snips, but please read the whole thing:
Nine hundred and ten refugees were resettled in the United States during the month of August, the lowest monthly total since October 2002, when only 421 refugees were resettled.
Just a reminder to you (and me!) to not get too discouraged. It could be worse if Hillary and her longtime pal George (Soros) were in the White House!
During the first eleven months of FY 2017, a total of 51,389 refugees have been resettled, according to the State Department interactive website as of 8:00 a.m. eastern time on September 1. If the number of refugees resettled in September is similar to the number resettled in August, FY 2017 will close out with less than 53,000 refugees resettled in the country, the lowest total since FY 2007 in the George W. Bush administration when 48,282 refugees were resettled.
Only 24 percent of the refugees resettled in August, or 217 out of 910, were Muslim, significantly less than the 46 percent of refugees resettled in the first seven months of FY 2017 who were Muslim.
In FY 2016, the last full year of the Obama administration, that same percentage of refugees–46 percent, or 39,098 out of 84,995– were Muslim.
In FY 2008, the last full year of the George W. Bush administration, 23 percent of resettled refugees were Muslim.
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Under the Refugee Act of 1980, the president makes a presidential determination of the ceiling number of refugees to be resettled in the United States in September for the following fiscal year that begins the next month, in October.
The actual number of refugees resettled that following fiscal year is determined in a back and forth interaction between Congressional leaders in the budgeting process and the president’s ceiling number determination. In almost every fiscal year since 1980, the number of refugees resettled through Congressional budget authorizations is either less than or equal to the presidential determination. [In fact, this year FY17, is the first year that the CEILING has been surpassed since the law was enacted. That is because the Supreme Court was unconstitutionally writing new law!—ed]
The president can make a ceiling determination, but it is Congress who appropriates the funds to resettle refugees.
We would have been finished if Hillary had been elected!
Hillary Clinton was on the record stating we should increase the number of Syrian refugees resettled in the country by 550 percent, from 10,000 proposed for FY 2016 to 65,000 annually. She also signaled that under a Hillary Clinton administration, the annual refugee ceiling would be increased above 110,000–up to as much as 200,000.
Then-candidate Trump, in contrast, promised a “A Trump administration will not admit any refugees without the support of the local community where they are being placed.”
So what happened with that? Any effort made to determine the support of local communities for the next fiscal year?
Leahy continues….
In less than thirty days, President Trump will announce his presidential determination of the refugee ceiling for FY 2018, and that number will clearly indicate the degree to which he intends to follow through on his campaign promises.
Trump and Congress need to get cracking (see my previous post) if they plan to follow the law for once before simply announcing how many third worlders we are going to be adding to our social safety net for the new fiscal year which begins on October 1!
Continue reading Breitbart here. It is an excellent summary of where we stand right now.
In a few weeks Donald Trump and Sec. of State Tillerson will be announcing how many refugees could be admitted in FY18 which begins on Oct. 1. If they announce 50,000 or up then you will know Trump is not serious about reforming the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program. Obama himself had two years under 60,000.
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:
Alaska is 68 and Hawaii is 3 (since they have been begging for more diversity this isn’t going to cut it!)
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.
HIAS is the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, one of nine major federal refugee resettlement contractors*** working for the US State Department.
Their goal at the rally is to push for 75,000 refugees in the FY18 Presidential “determination” Trump will be submitting to Congress at about that time. I don’t know what good a little rally will do, since I suspect the Trump Administration is close to choosing the CEILING number already.
Mark Hetfield, HIAS CEO, makes a cool $358,718 (doing well by doing good) and has been organizing against Trump from the beginning. HIAS led the pro-Muslim lawsuit against the so-called ‘travel ban.’ See my huge archive on HIAS by going here: https://refugeeresettlementwatch.org/?s=HIAS
This time last year, groups, including HIAS, were pushing Obama to set a CEILING of 200,000, so they must be figuring the very best they can get to maintain their payments from you (the taxpayers), and not see their budgets go to hell, is 75,000. Anywhere from 50,000 to 75,000 would help them weather the Trump Admin.
Before I get to the details of the rally, know that I believe the only way the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) will ever be reformed is for Trump to come in with a determination of ZERO for FY18 and tell Congress to trash or reform the whole program.
Nothing will get Congress off their butts otherwise!
If Trump comes in with 50,000 (as rumored), nothing will ever change.
Here is what HIAS is sending to its supporters (hat tip: Cathy):
Friends,
Just wanted to let you know HIAS is planning a rally on Sept. 14 in support of the U.S. welcoming more refugees.
Per the Facebook event:
Join HIAS for a timely public action by the U.S. Capitol (exact location to be announced), where we will:
· Urge our leaders to bring at least 75,000 refugees to the US next year
· Tell refugees’ personal stories and raise greater awareness of the global refugee crisis through interactive trivia
Honey sticks?
· Hand out honey sticks and encourage others to take action for refugees
More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1516509395058729
When you go to that facebook page be sure to see the video about the Presidential Determination. And, note that as of this writing, 10 people plan to attend.
What you should do….
Don’t go to their rally because it could be a set-up. I would not be surprised to find out that they staged someone with a Nazi sign for media consumption.
Instead organize small groups of citizens in the coming weeks to visit your local member of Congress office/US Senate offices (no matter how liberal your representative) and tell them what you think about the UN/USRAP.
If they refuse to meet with you, go to their local offices and stand outside with signs for a few hours. Get photos and put on social media. (Send me a photo and I will put it on RRW!)
Why are they pressuring Congress?Because HIAS thinks it can persuade the Congressional leaders (RINO pro-business Republicans) to oppose Trump should he come in with anything less than their dream number—75,000. And, they know it is Congress that can appropriate more money for the program than Trump requests!
*** For new readers, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is one of the Federal contractors/middlemen/employment agencies/propagandists/lobbyists/community organizers? paid by you to place refugees in your towns and cities listed below. Under the nine major contractors are hundreds of subcontractors.
The contractors income is largely dependent on taxpayer dollars based on the number of refugees admitted to the US, but they also receive myriad grants to service their “New Americans.”
If you are a good-hearted soul and think refugee resettlement is all about humanitarianism, think again!Big businesses/global corporations depend on the free flow of cheap (some call it slave) labor.
By the way, it was HIAS fear of RRW (me) telling the truth, that sent them to the SPLC which ultimately named me a hate “group.” Never mind that there is no group, just one blogger! See here.
The only way for real reform of how the US admits refugees is to remove these contractors/Leftwing activists/big business head hunters from the process.
As Syria is showing signs of a return to some order and ISIS strength is diminishing, Syrians are going home says the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).
So, does it make any sense for the US to PERMANENTLY resettle thousands at great expense to the US taxpayer? No!
Syrians who have been displaced by the ongoing civil war in their country are heading home in larger numbers, according to a migration agency.
The Switzerland-based International Organization for Migration (IOM)*** said on Friday that nearly 603,000 Syrian refugees have set off to return to their cities and villages in the first seven months of this year.
The Syrians included in the figures were returning from other locations in Syria or from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan or Iraq.
The number nearly matched the 685,662 people who returned during all of 2016, Olivia Headon, IOM spokesperson, said.
The returning Syrians were motivated by the desire to protect their homes and possessions, an improved economic and security situation in Syria, and problems with integration in their host countries, according to the IOM.
