Posted on 08/30/2016 4:32:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It’s a number which should make xenophobic zealots quiver in fear – or fury – but the Obama administration is on target to welcome 85,000 refugees from around the world by the end of 2016’s fiscal year on September 31.
Though it’s not an overly ambitious goal, it is a slight increase from the previous fiscal year’s goal of 70,000. Of the 85,000, just 10,000 are Syrian refugees, though all we have heard about refugees has revolved around Syrians and their apparent likelihood of terrorism.
Refugees come from all corners of the earth, with as many as 25,000 coming from regions in Africa. East Asia has been allocated 13,000 spots, the same as in 2015.
The region which includes Syria increased its cap a mere 1,000 spots from the previous year, which should put to rest most of the religious fears coming from those who suspect that Muslims are evil and intent on doing harm to the U.S. (they aren’t and they don’t).
And while we are on not-true refugee facts, a full 60 percent of the Syrian refugees admitted this year are under the age of 18, completely debunking the conspiracy theory that we are admitting strong, able-bodied terrorists rather than those fleeing for their lives.
Though 85,000 refugees may seem a significant number, there are millions all over the earth in need of refuge. Many have pressured the Obama administration to not only increase the refugee number for the 2017 fiscal year (which begins October 1, 2016) to 100,000, but to double that number and allow in 100,000 Syrian refugees in addition to the more general number.
With the level of push-back we have seen from the right, it’s questionable whether or not the Obama administration would attempt this large number, but with millions of Syrians fleeing their war-torn nation, it is time that we truly do our part.
absolute madness. Go TRUMP!!
Agreed.
Who is authorizing this BS
This site, “Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Ring of Fire”—is obviously a VERY questionable site!!!!
PHOOEY to the Kennedys!!!!
“...with millions of Syrians fleeing their war-torn nation, it is time that we truly do our part.”
Oh, brother.
whee is the money coming from, and there obviously has to be a lof planning for this. So it means Trump just deports all of them back to their country of origin.
Maybe THEY should do their part and take their own country back....
Gave up control of our communication network , the Internet , sent loads of money to our enemies along with white flags, organized a radical terrorist army , turned the citizens into slaves by taking fruits of their labor simply to breath and calling it health care, dismantled our energy production and military, turned our system of justice into an organized crime syndicate,,, so what’s an invasion of a foreign army , big deal ... ?
From the article : And while we are on not-true refugee facts, a full 60 percent of the Syrian refugees admitted this year are under the age of 18, completely debunking the conspiracy theory that we are admitting strong, able-bodied terrorists rather than those fleeing for their lives.
Also from the article; this picture refutes that ridiculous claim :
http://trofire.com/2016/08/30/obamas-goal-85000-refugees-enter-us-end-2016/
>there are millions all over the earth in need of refuge
No, they are in need of cleaning up their own mess. Effing lazy cowards and retarded islamists.
“Obama’s Goal: 85,000 Refugees to Enter US by End of 2016”
God blessed us with thousands of buses. For a lunch bag with a goat cheese sandwich, a bag of pita chips and a $100 bill, these precious refugees can be bused to lovely locales like The Hamptons, Washington DC and Alexandria.
It’s bad enough that they would come here on their own, but the US taxpayer is paying HUGE amounts to FLY these people in here.
At the very least, these “refugees” should pay for their air fare.
In the meanwhile the worthless Republicans in congress do nothing.
I don’t quiver in fear....I rage in disgust and seethe with hatred for Mullah Onambla and is cohort of democRAT scumbags.
When you don’t have a good argument, call the opposition names like xenophobe and racist.
Who’s going to pay?
And if the Wicked Witch is Prez, that number will rise exponentially.
Is there really anyone still left in Syria ??!!!
We must catch up to the Muslim population percentages of France and Belgium. No time to lose!
This will not make it to the media. Bammy announced “10,000” and that’s what they reported. It was obviously a lie. His plan is to bring in a million or so who will pop out little jihadis and replace us in 20 years or so.
Our government has been taken over by a combination of insane leftists and Muslims. I particularly blame Obama, because of the deception in his pretenses of caring for America, and the abuse of white guilt which got him elected. But, it’s also our fault for not paying attention.
Who could blame us? Things had been going along so well for many years, that many of us thought that we could ignore politics and just live our lives. But, that was not to be the case.
To quote the Greek Pericles, “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” Or, if you’d prefer a more stark, modern version, there’s always Leon Trotsky’s “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.”
And then there’s the famous curse attributed to the Chinese, “May you live in interesting times.”
We are there.
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