President Trump Sets 2020 Refugee Ceiling at Lowest Level in History of the Program—18,000
LOL! And, by morning we should be hearing the wailing coming from the refugee industry mouthpieces!
By the way, all nine federal refugee contractors work to politically undermine President Trump on a daily basis. Indeed they hate him just as much for 18,000 as they would if he said zero (as was being considered at one point), so he might as well have gone with zero!
Hot off the presses at the Washington Times this evening:
Trump to cut refugees to 18,000, give localities veto over resettlement
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed cutting the number of refugees admitted next year to 18,000, and called for a major revamp of the program to align it with U.S. interests, including giving localities a say in whether they can accommodate the new arrivals.
The new plan will also reduce the role of the U.N. in picking America’s refugees, and instead give priority to religious minorities and Iraqis who have assisted the U.S. government, and to refugees the U.S has agreed to resettle on behalf of Australia.
CAIRCO Notes
It is virtually incomprehensible that America would allow the U.N. to dictate who we admit into our nation. It is similarly incomprehensible why the federal government has not allowed American communities to decide who and how many (if any) refugees to allow into their community.
Related
More on the President’s 18,000 Refugees for FY2020 Decision, by Ann Corcoran, Refugee Resettlement Watch, September 27, 2019: