WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the United States on Monday will meet President Barack Obama’s goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees during the current fiscal year.
Obama directed a sixfold increase in the number of Syrian refugees provided safe haven into the United States.
After a slow start, the administration was able to hit the goal about a month early and just a few weeks before Obama convenes a summit on refugees during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
National Security Adviser Susan Rice says Obama understood the important message that expanding Syrian refugee admissions would send, not just to the Syrian people but to the broader international community. Millions have been forced to flee Syria to escape the country’s civil war and persecution.
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News and Trump twit fodder for the next few days.
Congratulations, America, on finally admitting 40% of what Canada, a nation one tenth your population, already admitted by January.
You must be so proud.
Oh yeah, well congratulations on spending only 60% per-capita of what we do on healthcare! You must be so…hmm…well…hmm. I’m going to go out and come in again.
What a two-bit irresponsible jackass. He’s only displaced millions with his invasion of the NE / ME, and destruction of Syria along with Yemen, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Iraq (he’s responsible for the mess as well as dubya at this point). So this is his contribution to offset Obama’s Crimes Against Humanity - offer haven to a mere 10K of his refugees. And, these are Obama’s and dubya’s refugees. They created the mess that they are fleeing for their lives. Sickening so-called president, a piece of shit coward and liar, at best.