In a functioning immigration system, America’s humanitarian immigration programs would expand as humanitarian crises grow worse around the world. Yet the Trump administration is adopting the opposite approach
It is shrinking the refugee program at exactly the moment when the number of people who need to flee violence has reached the highest level in decades.
Refugees assimilate into American society and contribute greatly economically. The Trump administration’s own internal analysis found that refugees are fiscally beneficial to the U.S. government nytimes.com/2017/09/18/us/…
The chance of refugee killing a U.S. resident is less than 1 in 3.6 billion annually. This low refugee ceiling simply cannot be justified. cato.org/publications/p…
One person should not be able to place a limit on Americans' liberty to help people fearing persecution in their home countries. Congress should set up a process for Americans to sponsor refugees for resettlement, checking the president’s ability to shut off America’s generosity
