They are changing America by changing the people
In advance of a new EO supposedly coming out on Wednesday, checking the numbers this morning here are a few things I learned. Total arrivals this fiscal year (which began on October 1, 2016) are at 36,822. Last time we checked on 2/23 we were at 36,637. President Trump has set the ceiling for this … Continue reading Numbers update from Wrapsnet as refugee arrivals slow to US
And, since October 1, 2016 (the first day of fiscal year 2017) we are up to 34,430—still time for the Trump Administration to cap entry for this year at less than 50,000 (my suggestion is 35,000). I’m glad to see so many news outlets now tracking refugee numbers, something not done until the last year … Continue reading 2,305 refugees admitted to US since Trump EO announced on 1/27
I told you recently that the Office of Refugee Resettlement had published its 2015 Annual Report to Congress (a year late, but much better than when it was three years late earlier in RRW’s history). If any of you citizen investigators want a winter research project, study the whole document and see what other information … Continue reading Lost in security concerns are the economic costs to taxpayers of refugee resettlement
It is one thing for everyone to debate whether Australia’s rejected asylum seekers (supposedly as many as 1,250) will come to America, but where in America? (See yesterday’s post) Shouldn’t your town have a say about whether you want any of them or not? House and Senate Judiciary Chairmen identified those rejected by … Continue reading More on the "dumb" Australia deal: Which American towns will volunteer to take them?
I sure hope Reuters has this wrong! If it is true it is truly insane! For new readers, in the waning months of the Obama Administration, Obama made a deal with Australian Prime Minister Turnbull to take off their hands somewhere between 1000-2000 migrants being held in detention on offshore islands. Australia does not want … Continue reading Trump Watch! Did Trump cave and agree to take Australia's rejected asylum seekers?