Thread: 85,000 refugees under Obama, but less than 10 to D.C.

By PAUL BEDARD • 12/6/16 3:00 PM

The Obama administration admitted nearly 85,000 refugees last year, the most since 1999, but less than 10 were settled in President Obama's backyard of Washington, D.C., or .01 percent, according to the State Department.

Overall, 84,995 refugees were accepted under Obama's program of greatly expanding the program to include Syrians. About a quarter were settled in just three states, Texas, California and New York, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the State Department data.

Washington, D.C., however, did not lead by example.



"Some states and the District of Columbia took in few or no refugees in fiscal 2016. Arkansas, the District of Columbia and Wyoming resettled fewer than 10 refugees each, while two states – Delaware and Hawaii – took in none," said Pew.

Delaware is the home state of Vice President Joe Biden and Hawaii is Obama's Christmas vacation home.

Over 50 percent of the refugees were settled in just 10 states.

Obama increased the number of refugees into the United States by 15,000 last year. According to Pew:

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (16,370) was the top origin country among refugees resettled in 2016. Some 10% were resettled in Texas, 7% in Arizona and 6% in both New York and North Carolina.

However, Syrian refugees – the second-largest origin group with 12,587 resettled in fiscal 2016 – have garnered more attention from state leaders, with 31 governors opposing this group's resettlement in their states. Even so, resettlement patterns of Syrian refugees across the states are similar to the national average. California had the largest number (1,450) of resettled Syrian refugees in fiscal 2016, followed by Michigan (1,374) and Texas (912).

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/85...rticle/2608985

This is just so outrageous. With all that we know and all that has happened, there is absolutely no excuse for this type of stupidity.

I don't like this. This is my personal opinion but I see Islamization seeds being sown in America. I see France. I see Germany. I see probable terror.

With these large numbers, the idea of assimilation seems virtually impossible to me. Our ideas and cultures are so foreign to one another.

We have no say as citizens. We aren't asked if it is alright. These arrivals are strategically placed in certain states and areas.

Most will be Democrat voters and some may be potential terrorists. At times I think Obama must hate us or the idea of us (America).

85,000 more people, 85,000 more stolen jobs, educations, benefits, welfare. That's all we get for it. And we pay for it. Not Obama, he's buying another mansion without ever having contributed a red cent to the US economy. He has produced nothing except $10 trillion of new national debt, 94 million Americans out of the work force, historic poverty and crime levels, a divided race-baited confused nation, a despised media, and chaos all over the world.