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"In a notice sent to Congress late Wednesday, just 34 minutes before a statutory deadline to do so, the administration said it intended to admit a maximum of 15,000 refugees in fiscal year 2021." https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-politics-united-states-immigration-f76797b97e8a0b66150d0269fe4f432b?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP
This is, once again, a historic low.
It has been every year Trump has set that number.
2021: 15,000
2020: 18,000
2019: 30,000
2018: 45,000
By comparison, former President Obama set the refugee ceiling at 110,000 his last year in office.
It has been every year Trump has set that number.
2021: 15,000
2020: 18,000
2019: 30,000
2018: 45,000
By comparison, former President Obama set the refugee ceiling at 110,000 his last year in office.
Notably, six of the nine groups that resettle refugees in the U.S. are faith-based.
One of them, @LIRSorg â along with nearly 250 @ELCA clergy â had asked the Trump administration to raise that number to 95,000 this year. https://religionnews.com/2020/09/28/lutherans-ask-trump-administration-to-admit-more-refugees-as-deadline-looms/
One of them, @LIRSorg â along with nearly 250 @ELCA clergy â had asked the Trump administration to raise that number to 95,000 this year. https://religionnews.com/2020/09/28/lutherans-ask-trump-administration-to-admit-more-refugees-as-deadline-looms/
Interfaith @bridges_fl calls the move "shameful" and "un-American."
"The U.S. should lead by example and set a number that is worthy of the United Statesâ values of welcome,â said Ronnate Asirwatham, its director of policy and advocacy. https://twitter.com/bridges_fi/status/1311566075939745792
"The U.S. should lead by example and set a number that is worthy of the United Statesâ values of welcome,â said Ronnate Asirwatham, its director of policy and advocacy. https://twitter.com/bridges_fi/status/1311566075939745792
Here's the response from @LIRSorg, one of the six faith-based organizations authorized to resettle refugees in the U.S. https://twitter.com/LIRSorg/status/1311533757367824384
And from the head of @LIRSorg. https://twitter.com/KrishVignarajah/status/1311520819139489802
Related: It's not unusual for Christians to connect the Christmas story (or, rather, the Flight to Egypt that follows in the biblical account) to the refugee crisis.
I wrote about it at Christmas 2016: https://religionnews.com/2016/12/22/jesus-was-a-refugee-churches-connect-christmas-story-to-refugee-crisis/ https://twitter.com/RevJacquiLewis/status/1311663234462765057
I wrote about it at Christmas 2016: https://religionnews.com/2016/12/22/jesus-was-a-refugee-churches-connect-christmas-story-to-refugee-crisis/ https://twitter.com/RevJacquiLewis/status/1311663234462765057
Also, Trump says Biden wants to increase refugee resettlement by 700%.
Biden has indeed said he would raise that number to 125,000. For perspective: It was 110,000 in Obama's last year in office.
That's how far that number has dropped in the last four years.
Biden has indeed said he would raise that number to 125,000. For perspective: It was 110,000 in Obama's last year in office.
That's how far that number has dropped in the last four years.
Again, for perspective, It doesn't seem like that big of a drop in the maximum number of refugee admissions to go from 18,000 to 15,000.
Until you realize it went from 110,000
To 45,000
To 30,000
To 18,000
To 15,000.
Until you realize it went from 110,000
To 45,000
To 30,000
To 18,000
To 15,000.
Here's the response from @CWS_global, one of the six faith-based organizations authorized to resettle refugees in the U.S. https://twitter.com/CWS_global/status/1311672484048121856
Here's the response from @HIASrefugees, one of the six faith-based organizations authorized to resettle refugees in the U.S. https://twitter.com/MarkJHetfield/status/1311652779958530048?s=20
