30,000 Refugee Ceiling Reached Yesterday as FY2019 Closes
10/01/2019 ~ Ann Corcoran
As many of you may recall, at this time last year the Trump Administration set the CEILING, for resettlement of refugees largely chosen by the UN for the fiscal year, at 30,000. And, that is exactly how many refugees were admitted and distributed to 48 states and the District of Columbia.
That 30,000 does not include the Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) from Iraq (181) and Afghanistan (7,501!) who entered the US this past fiscal year with all of the benefits refugees receive (welfare, food stamps, job counseling, housing, medical care and the list goes on!)
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.org/2019/10/01/30000-refugee-ceiling-reached-yesterday-as-fy2019-closes/
