Not one refugee has arrived in the United States since fiscal year 2020 began 35 days ago, a State Department spokesperson confirmed on Monday, adding that the last time there had been an “extended pause” in admissions was in November 2001.
Admissions would resume on Tuesday, the spokesperson said.
“The last instance of an extended pause in refugee arrivals occurred when the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2002 was not signed until November 21, 2001,” the spokesperson said.
On Friday, President Trump signed the presidential determination on refugee admissions for FY 2020, confirming his administration’s earlier proposal of a ceiling of 18,000 admissions — the lowest annual cap since the inception of the modern refugee admission program in 1980. […]
Over the same period (Oct. 1-Nov. 4) last year, 1,889 refugees were resettled in the U.S., while the equivalent admission numbers for earlier years were 1,283 in 2017, 11,343 in 2016 and 6,197 in 2015. …
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Admissions would resume on Tuesday, the spokesperson said.
“The last instance of an extended pause in refugee arrivals occurred when the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2002 was not signed until November 21, 2001,” the spokesperson said.
On Friday, President Trump signed the presidential determination on refugee admissions for FY 2020, confirming his administration’s earlier proposal of a ceiling of 18,000 admissions — the lowest annual cap since the inception of the modern refugee admission program in 1980. […]
Over the same period (Oct. 1-Nov. 4) last year, 1,889 refugees were resettled in the U.S., while the equivalent admission numbers for earlier years were 1,283 in 2017, 11,343 in 2016 and 6,197 in 2015. …
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
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Saving taxpayers MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!!! More winning. Now we just need to export a bunch of the “refugees” we already have.
