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Daily Beast: Trump refugee admission reduction results in collateral damage to government contractors

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No kidding! I have to steel myself to write AGAIN about the issue of the President’s legal right to set the annual CAP (aka ceiling) for the number of refugees to be invited to the US to become your new neighbors.  But, I know how important repetition (to the point of wanting to barf) is! … Continue reading Daily Beast: Trump refugee admission reduction results in collateral damage to government contractors

Lobbying arm of the refugee industry puts out statement, says they will work toward their 75,000 refugees despite Prez

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I have no idea what they are talking about in the final paragraph of a statement put out yesterday by the Refugee Council USA (RCUSA) in response to the Secretary of State’s announcement that the CEILING (the top number that could be admitted to the US) will be 30,000 in FY19.  See my post yesterday, … Continue reading Lobbying arm of the refugee industry puts out statement, says they will work toward their 75,000 refugees despite Prez

Holy cow! Is the Trump Administration extending this fiscal year to December 31 for refugee admissions?

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Update: CWS didn’t have to wait for long.  Secretary of State Pompeo has announced a ceiling of 30,000 refugees for FY19. But, will the administration be ready to welcome those ‘new Americans’ in two weeks from today?  See the news here.   In what I thought was going to be another ho-hum whinny story about … Continue reading Holy cow! Is the Trump Administration extending this fiscal year to December 31 for refugee admissions?

Capital Research Center publishes an overview of the US Refugee Admissions Program

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James Simpson has done an outstanding job of pulling together facts about the history of how the US came to be the top refugee resettlement country in the world. Hint: It all began with the UN! And, then in this three-part series gives readers the facts about who we are bringing to America and how … Continue reading Capital Research Center publishes an overview of the US Refugee Admissions Program

Dire warnings at The Atlantic about the imminent collapse of US refugee program

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Litany of layoffs! Priscilla Alvarez writing at The Atlantic runs through a partial list of the nine federal refugee contractors and tells us how many staffers have been fired because of that mean old Donald Trump not sending them enough refugee paying clients. There really isn’t much new here (like so many of the fear-mongering … Continue reading Dire warnings at The Atlantic about the imminent collapse of US refugee program