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Refugee numbers are low for first 3 months of fiscal year; Ohio is top receiving state

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As promised, below are the stats for the first three months of fiscal year 2018 (it began on October 1, 2017). Update January 3: More detailed numbers analysis by Michael Leahy at Breitbart, here. President Trump set the CEILING for the year at 45,000 refugees. That is the lowest CEILING since the Refugee Act of … Continue reading Refugee numbers are low for first 3 months of fiscal year; Ohio is top receiving state

EU officials: ISIS has been wiped out in Syria, time for refugees to go home

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One of the most maddening things about our UN/US Refugee Admissions Program is that it is permanent. When we take refugees they are here to stay and on track to citizenship even if their home country goes back to relative peace. As we have watched Europe, particularly Germany ‘welcoming’ migrants, remember those flooding in to … Continue reading EU officials: ISIS has been wiped out in Syria, time for refugees to go home

Pew produces handy summary of where refugees have been placed since FY02

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The Pew Research Center, which has the money and time, has put together a handy interactive map to show which ethnic groups were placed in which states since fiscal year 2002. This is the 2017 map (FY17 ended on September 30th, 2017). Of course it can be deceptive because it doesn’t show the numbers. Take … Continue reading Pew produces handy summary of where refugees have been placed since FY02

Scranton, PA school district struggling under weight of needy immigrant students, working poor

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The next time you see one of those head-scratching claims that assert that bringing more third world poverty to a dying city will revitalize it, think about this news from Scranton.  (Pennsylvania is usually one of the top ten states ‘welcoming’ refugees.) And, instead of leaving this admonition to the end where you might miss … Continue reading Scranton, PA school district struggling under weight of needy immigrant students, working poor