World Relief Denounces Proposed FY2020 Refugee Cap of 18,000 — World Relief
Today, the Trump administration announced its intention to set a refugee ceiling of just 18,000 for FY 2020. World Relief strongly opposes this cut to the nation’s refugee resettlement program, which…
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This is an abomination. For our leadership in the world, for the American economy (talk to Buffalo, NY and Clarkston, GA), for our self-understanding as a nation, and for the world’s most vulnerable.
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POLITICO
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President Trump has slashed Obama’s proposed 2017 refugee cap by more than 80% since taking office. bit.ly/2lv1Wp9
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I have no doubt that Stephen Miller put this draconian refugee policy in motion long ago, but announcing it just as Trump needs to shore up support re: impeachment is an…interesting move.
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Galen Carey
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Each line on the graph below represents 20,000 people who had to flee their countries, can't stay where they are, at least in safety, and whose futures have been put on hold. Defending these cuts by pointing to asylum seekers on the border most of whom will be denied ring hollow. twitter.com/dukekwondc/sta…
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Imagine how many of us would not be here in America if this had been the number when our parents or grandparents found refuge here… outrageous and unAmerican decision by Trump administration.
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BBC News (World)
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US slashes refugee limit to all-time low of 18,000 bbc.in/2nyPCEP
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We turned away Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis in WWII. I thought our national conscience had learned a lesson. Guess not.
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Galen Carey
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Alas. That the administration had already telegraphed plans to slam the door on refugees by slashing the # to be resettled during FY2020 by 40% to a new low of only 18,000 takes away none of the sting. Incredibly inconsistent w/ the pledged commitment to religious freedom.
So at what point do white evangelicals realize that the individualized charity and ministry they say are what *really* matters (vs. government policy) CAN'T ACTUALLY HAPPEN BECAUSE OF – wait for it – GOVERNMENT POLICY?!?!
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Matthew Soerens
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The number of persecuted Christians & other religious minorities resettled to the US has already declined drastically. It is likely to decline even further now It undermines the administration's admirable rhetoric about international religious freedom newspressnow.com/ap/national/re
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