State Dept. extends refugee cut-off date; Hawaii judge denies new request for clarification
Posted by Ann Corcoran on July 7, 2017
It was supposed to have been yesterday that the US State Department expected the President’s FY17 50,000 cap to be reached.
When the number is reached (a ceiling set for decades by the President under refugee law), as we know, the US Supreme Court owns it because they stepped in to rewrite law and the battle for the bona fides begins.
As of today we have admitted 49,793 refugees this fiscal year according to the State Department’s own Refugee Processing Center (aka Wrapsnet).
Here is the LA Times reporting that the deadline is extended because the 50,000 cap was not reached yesterday as expected.
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/state-dept-extends-refugee-cut-off-date-hawaii-judge-denies-new-request-for-clarification/
