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Total chaos in US refugee flow; United Nations depends on US to take lion's share every year

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Here is one of many stories about the impact of the cap reduction to 50,000 refugees for the US in FY17, a portion of the Trump EO not effected by court wrangling. We learned here that the refugee resettlement contracting agencies were going to be working on placing sob stories (like this one) to sway … Continue reading Total chaos in US refugee flow; United Nations depends on US to take lion's share every year

Administrative tweeks may help school systems cope with refugee kids, but….

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….if members of Congress do not grow spines and begin to revamp/rewrite the Refugee Act of 1980, anything President Trump does now will be lost in 4 or 8 years. And, whether Trump’s EO does even half of what it promises will depend on who becomes the Asst. Sec. of State for Population, Refugees and … Continue reading Administrative tweeks may help school systems cope with refugee kids, but….

468 refugees admitted to US since moratorium announced on Friday evening

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We learned that the Trump Administration granted a reprieve for 872 already on the way. Presumably this 468 is part of that number. Here is where they went (from Wrapsnet):   Twenty different ethnic groups were admitted (none from the seven countries identified as terror hotspots). There were however 15 who came from Afghanistan over … Continue reading 468 refugees admitted to US since moratorium announced on Friday evening