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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

Trump Administration looking to enforce the law: "public charge" requirement coming back!

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To my readers who have asked me about this for years—-asked me what happened to a law already on the books—here is a glimmer of (potential) good news. Needless to say the No Borders Left will go insane, but frankly if the Dems do go on a warpath against the idea that immigrants shouldn’t be … Continue reading Trump Administration looking to enforce the law: "public charge" requirement coming back!

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'

GAO: Huge numbers of Special Immigrant Visa holders not finding work

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But a big problem, says the Government Accountability Office , is that neither the US State Department or the Office of Refugee Resettlement in HHS are doing much to track the outcomes of those admitted to the US from Iraq and Afghanistan who supposedly worked for us as interpreters. I told you here recently that the number … Continue reading GAO: Huge numbers of Special Immigrant Visa holders not finding work

ORR: two federal grants available to benefit refugees and their resettlement contractors

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This post falls in my ‘Special deals for special (non-citizen) people’ archive! I see that although Congress is debating the budget for the remainder of the year, there are still millions of taxpayer funds sloshing around HHS’s Office of Refugee Resettlement and those have been offered up for grabs starting this week. We’ve been reporting … Continue reading ORR: two federal grants available to benefit refugees and their resettlement contractors