Thread: Trump admin orders sharp drawdown of US refugee resettlement: report

Trump admin orders sharp drawdown of US refugee resettlement: report

By Gregg Re | Fox News

The State Department reportedly ordered refugee resettlement centers to effectively drawdown their efforts in 2018.

The Trump administration is dramatically scaling back U.S. refugee resettlement efforts, according to a Thursday Reuters report.

The move comes months after the White House announced plans to significantly curb refugee admissions and to more carefully vet new entrants to the country.

In a Dec. 1 meeting, State Department officials reportedly told nine refugee agencies that resettlement offices throughout the country will not receive federal authorization to resettle nearly as many people in 2018.

Stripped of that necessary approval – and federal funding – dozens of resettlement offices will probably have to close, Reuters reported.

There are approximately 300 such offices in 49 states, and they are often affiliated with or overseen by the refugee agencies. The local offices employ aid workers that help refugees transition to life in America in various ways.

Resettlement officers that plan to assist fewer than 100 refugees next year will be prohibited from helping to settle new arrivals, Reuters reported, citing State Department officials.

The news came on the same day that a federal judge said he would decide before Christmas whether to stop a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after hearing arguments Thursday that the ban is separating families and putting some refugees in danger.

Lawyers from the ACLU and Jewish Family Service asked U.S. District Judge James Robart for an injunction on a ban the administration has placed on refugees from some mostly Muslim countries.

The ban went into effect in October after President Donald Trump issued an executive order resuming the refugee program "with enhanced vetting capabilities."

In September, the Trump administration announced it would sharply curtail the number of refugees allowed into the United States to 45,000 next year. It would reflect the lowest admissions level for the U.S. in more than a decade.

Lowering the cap reflects Trump’s opposition to accepting refugees and other immigrants into the U.S., an approach that has already driven down refugee admissions.

Former President Barack Obama had wanted to take in 110,000 in 2017, but the pace slowed dramatically after Trump took office and issued an executive order addressing refugees.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...nt-report.html

In a Dec. 1 meeting, State Department officials reportedly told nine refugee agencies that resettlement offices throughout the country will not receive federal authorization to resettle nearly as many people in 2018.

Cutting off the US taxpayer spigot that funds them. Looks like the administration is stopping their use of other peoples money.

Terminate the funding of ONE BILLON DOLLARS OF OUR MONEY to Churches and stop facilitating THEIR Human Trafficking!

We do not want these people, we are not going to work everyday to be FORCED to pay for these people!

The Churches can pack up and go help them on their soil...with their money or donations!

DEFUND ALL REFUGEE, ASYLUM, ILLEGAL ALIEN AND TPS PROGRAMS!

WE DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR IT ANY MORE!

Originally Posted by Beezer

Terminate the funding of ONE BILLON DOLLARS OF OUR MONEY to Churches and stop facilitating THEIR Human Trafficking!

We do not want these people, we are not going to work everyday to be FORCED to pay for these people!

The Churches can pack up and go help them on their soil...with their money or donations!

DEFUND ALL REFUGEE, ASYLUM, ILLEGAL ALIEN AND TPS PROGRAMS!

WE DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR IT ANY MORE!

The churches only get them here and then it is up to everyone else to support them. Not very "Christian" in my opinion.

The churches only get them here and then it is up to everyone else to support them. Not very "Christian" in my opinion.

For them, it is more @ making $$$ off of migration.

The Church dumps them in OUR neighborhoods, not only does our government GIVE them One Billion of OUR money against OUR will...they then dump them on the backs of the Federal, State and Local taxpayer to foot the bill for their diseases, crime, breeding, welfare, food stamps, healthcare, housing and school!

SHUT THIS DOWN NOW! SEND THEM BACK TO GO FIX THEIR COUNTRIES!

GLOBAL POPULATION CONTROL...WE DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR THESE BREEDIND PARASITES AND THE CHURCHES SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES!

It will be fun to see this cash cow dry up. Those resettlement programs have been getting huge funds from the taxpayers.