TRUMP REDUCES REFUGEE INFLOW BY 800 PERCENT
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TRUMP REDUCES REFUGEE INFLOW BY 800 PERCENT
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President Trump is further reducing the inflow of refugees to the United States, cutting their resettlement by 80 percent compared to former President Obama’s last year in office.
This week, Trump announced that the fiscal year 2021 inflow of refugees will be capped at 15,000 admissions — a more than 16 percent reduction to this year’s cap and a more than 80 percent reduction compared to Obama-Biden era refugee levels. . . .
Trump’s reduction is the lowest level of refugee resettlement since the program’s inception in 1980 and marks the fifth consecutive year that the president has cut the number.
Vital components of the program are currently making their way through the courts. Last year, Trump issued an executive order that allows states and localities to decide whether they want to resettle refugees in their communities.
The executive order immediately prompted the lawsuit, with three of the nine refugee contractors filing suit. In January, a federal judge blocked the order.
These nine refugee contractors — which have a monopoly over the program — have a vested interest in ensuring as many refugees are resettled across the U.S. as possible because their annual federally-funded budgets are contingent on the number of refugees they resettle.
Those refugee contractors include:
Church World Service (CWS), Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC), Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM), Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), International Rescue Committee (IRC), U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and World Relief Corporation (WR).
Over the last 19 years, more than 985,000 refugees have been admitted to the country. This is a number more than double that of residents living in Miami, Florida, and would be the equivalent of adding the population of Pensacola, Florida, to the country every year.
Refugee resettlement costs American taxpayers nearly $9 billion every five years, according to the latest research. Over the course of five years, an estimated 16 percent of all refugees admitted will need housing assistance paid for by taxpayers.
(Excerpt from Breitbart. Article by John Binder. Photo by pixpoetry on Unsplash.)
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Many of the organizations that are being blocked are Christian organizations. The Lord told Israel to remember that they were foreigners in Egypt, when dealing with foreigners. I think that Word is for America too. When we speak of Christian values, we need to consider how we treat the refugee and the immigrant. We were once them. This nation’s mission was to be a place of refuge for the persecuted and offered the promise of a new life for the downtrodden. When at our nation today, I wonder if God is judging us for not just shed blood, but how we treat our neighbor.
I am very saddened by this. When Refugees come to the United States it is because they are fleeing for their lives. They are usually very family oriented and eager for education and to make their lives better. America is not producing enough children and we need every refugee and immigrant we can get. Refugees are vetted for two years the screening is extremely thorough. When they arrive here they are very hard-working and they will take the job in the toilet paper factory and they are good workers. I teach English to Refugees and they are some of my best friends. I have been involved with Refugee Focus for about 10 years (Lutheran social services) and they work hard to give every refugee family a strong start. my church has gotten involved with a couple of refugee families to come around them and give them extra support
Usually within three to four years they are completely self-sufficient, working and going to school. My friend Maka came to the US from Somalia with her husband Ali and her four-year-old and toddler. I asked Ali to describe Africa he said “you got food?” Bang bang. People are shot for the food in their hands When I asked him what he liked about America he said school, jobs. Mamas first job was in a fish factory and Ali worked in a furniture factory