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State Dept. Expects Syrian Refugees to U.S. to ‘Increase Exponentially’ This Summer
CNS News ^ | June 8, 2016 | Patrick Goodenough

Posted on 06/08/2016 7:51:23 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

(CNSNews.com) – The State Department is committed to meeting President Obama’s goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States this fiscal year, and expects the numbers to “increase exponentially” over the summer, a spokesman said Tuesday.

With four months left in FY2016, the administration has admitted 3,566 Syrian refugees as of Tuesday – or 35.6 percent of the 10,000 target number.

Although a ways off, achieving the 10,000 goal looks a lot more likely now than it did four months ago, when only 841 had arrived.

The State Department set up a special refugee “resettlement surge center” in Amman, Jordan in February, and officials said processing times had been significantly reduced from approximately 18-24 months to just three months.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Tuesday the department remained “committed” to Obama’s plan.

“I think increases in processing capacity have improved our ability to meet the 10,000 target for Syrian refugee admissions,” he said, although acknowledging that “we’re not there, we’re a good ways from it.”

“But we do expect the arrivals to increase exponentially as we move through the summer, so we are still saying we’re going to meet that 10,000-person commitment,” Toner added.

The resettlement “surge” has already seen noticeable results: From 114 Syrian refugee admissions in February, the number climbed to 330 in March, to 451 in April, and to a record 1,069 in May (adjusted up from the 1,037 originally reported by the State Department Refugee Processing Center).

And just five working days into June, the number for this month has already reached 761, putting the effort on track to easily exceed May’s record of 1,069.

As CNSNews.com has been reporting for months, the number of Christians among the Syrian refugees allowed to resettle in the U.S. remains miniscule.

Of the 3,566 admitted so far this fiscal year, just 12 (0.33 percent) are Christians, and 3,494 (97.9 percent) are Sunni Muslims.

Of the 761 admitted since the beginning of June, none are Christians. The 761 refugees comprise 759 Sunnis, and two other Muslims.


TOPICS: Government; Syria
KEYWORDS: islam; obama; refugees
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1 posted on 06/08/2016 7:51:23 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

bammy’s final legacy - bringing in a million of our replacements.


2 posted on 06/08/2016 7:53:35 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

O’s Muslim outreach continues, unopposed and unabated.

Hey O, THAT’s not who WE are.


3 posted on 06/08/2016 7:54:35 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: I want the USA back

What does the Department of Prevention have to say about it?


4 posted on 06/08/2016 7:54:55 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

And they will be joined by their relatives once the refugees get settled.


5 posted on 06/08/2016 7:55:15 AM PDT by kabar
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"As CNSNews.com has been reporting for months, the number of Christians among the Syrian refugees allowed to resettle in the U.S. remains miniscule."
6 posted on 06/08/2016 7:58:11 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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"Death to America!"


7 posted on 06/08/2016 7:59:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Any Christians from the Middle East that do come in, have to be brought in via an underground-like railroad effort.


8 posted on 06/08/2016 8:03:22 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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America will never recover the damage these millions of illegals will do to our economy. The worst part is that hundreds of these so called refugees are ISIS. We will be attacked from within. King Obama has destroyed any hope of a secure America.

Trump for President.

9 posted on 06/08/2016 8:03:39 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: I want the USA back

It’s called “the fundamental transformation of America”.


10 posted on 06/08/2016 8:06:28 AM PDT by jpl (Obama lied when Stevens died.)
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To: SunkenCiv; I want the USA back; kabar; Pearls Before Swine

To think that fellow countrymen knowingly elected this America-hating maniac twice is simply astounding to me.

11 posted on 06/08/2016 8:06:34 AM PDT by Blue Jays
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To: Blue Jays

There’s a lot of parallels today with later Roman history.


12 posted on 06/08/2016 8:08:07 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Logical me

"...The worst part is that hundreds of these so called refugees are ISIS. We will be attacked from within..."


Liberals must be utterly convinced that these violent ISIS terrorists (being imported by President Bammy 0bama) will somehow magically not attack their friends and families.

13 posted on 06/08/2016 8:10:46 AM PDT by Blue Jays
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To: Mr. Mojo

This invasion was FUNDED by the lying, complicit,
GOP starting with Ryan.


14 posted on 06/08/2016 8:12:01 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Blue Jays

“To think that fellow countrymen knowingly elected this America-hating maniac twice is simply astounding to me.”

And our “fellow countrymen” are gearing up to try and continue to do even worse this election.


15 posted on 06/08/2016 8:12:28 AM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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What they don’t expect is for allah the mohamicidals to be deported next year!


16 posted on 06/08/2016 8:19:47 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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Think Hussein can bring over a million or even two of his co-jihadis over here before he "leaves office?"

With that many troops on the ground will he feel that he has to leave office?

17 posted on 06/08/2016 8:20:11 AM PDT by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberalsoli o feccia.)
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Think Hussein can bring over a million or even two of his co-jihadis over here before he "leaves office?"

He's already done it.

According to DOS and DHS data, we import a quarter million Muslims every year. Hussein will reach the 2 mil. mark (at minimum) by the time he finishes.

18 posted on 06/08/2016 8:26:47 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

The State Departments’ as corrupt and vile as Hillary... maybe more so.


19 posted on 06/08/2016 8:37:22 AM PDT by GOPJ ("DHS Quietly Moving, Releasing Vanloads of Illegal Aliens Away from Border"-where's ABC, CBS, CNN???)
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Obama’s final SCREW JOB against America!

and the GOP-e in Congress just sits back and allows, enables this dangerous invasion of enemy fighers into USA

for Godness’ sakes, we need to vote the GOP-E OUT!


20 posted on 06/08/2016 8:41:44 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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