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Trump on pace to break Bush record of lowest refugee resettlement numbers since 1980 law enacted

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We have now reached the six month mark of the first full fiscal year of the Trump presidency and Trump could easily break the Bush record set in 2002 of 27,070 refugee admissions for one year. (See post here on the Bush record low years.) At the six month mark, the Trump Administration operating well … Continue reading Trump on pace to break Bush record of lowest refugee resettlement numbers since 1980 law enacted

Harrisonburg, Virginia: Perdue admits that they are hiring locally as refugee arrival numbers 'plummet'

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When I saw this story yesterday at WMRA Radio , I figured it was one more of dozens of stories I mentioned here and here recently.  Talking points have obviously gone out to the gullible/biased media about the mean Trump Administration and its plummeting refugee admission numbers. I wasn’t going to bother posting it until … Continue reading Harrisonburg, Virginia: Perdue admits that they are hiring locally as refugee arrival numbers 'plummet'

Guest column: There is no political will to tabulate true cost of refugees to taxpayers' wallets

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Editor: From time to time we post guest opinion pieces and comments worth noting.  This is another from Bob Enos of Willmar, Minnesota (home of Jenny-O turkeys!).  Here he is reacting to a pronouncement by the state legislature that it simply cannot calculate the cost of refugees to the taxpayer. Of course, since the state’s … Continue reading Guest column: There is no political will to tabulate true cost of refugees to taxpayers' wallets