over 2,000 refugees, mostly Muslim, brought to US since judge blocked Trump’s executive order
ARE YOU KIDDING ME, THIS IS INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL SINCE FEB 3RD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHO IS THOROUGHLY CHECKING OUT THESE PEOPLE BEFORE GIVING THEM WELFARE AND ALL KINDS OF BENEFITS WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of the total 2,576 refugees resettled in the U.S. from around the world since U.S. District Judge James Robart’s February 3 restraining order, 1,549 (60.1 percent) are from Syria (532), Iraq (472), Somalia (363), Iran (117), and Sudan (65). No refugees have arrived from the other two applicable countries, Yemen and Libya.
Of the 2,576 refugees to have arrived since Feb. 3, 1,424 (55.3 percent) are Muslims – 817 Sunnis, 132 Shi’ites, and 475 refugees self-identified simply as Muslims, according to State Department Refugee Processing Center data.
Of the refugees hailing from the specified countries of terrorist concern, Muslims accounted for the overwhelming majority of those admitted in all cases except for Iran.
Muslims comprised 99.6 percent of the admissions from Syria; 73.5 percent of those from Iraq; 99.7 percent of those from Somalia; and 93.8 percent of those from Sudan. Of the Iranian refugees admitted, by contrast, only 9.4 percent were Muslims, while just under 60 percent were Christians of various denominations.
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60% of Refugee Arrivals Since Judge Halted Trump’s Order Come From 5 Terror-Prone Countries http://www.cnsnews.com Sixty percent of the refugees admitted into the United States since a federal judge halted President Trump’s executive order designed to prevent “foreign terrorist entry into the United States” originate from five of the seven countries identified by the administration and its predecessor as most risky. |