The Four Wrong Numbers Behind Trump’s Immigration Ban
The White House is using iffy figures and suspect logic to justify its restrictions on travel from several Muslim-majority countries.
Last year, nearly 23,000 refugees entered the U.S. between February and June; none will be able to enter now. The Department of State issued just under 95,000 immigrant and visitor visas in fiscal year 2016 to residents of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen; people from those countries are now specifically barred from visiting the United States.
.. “For the amount of money Hillary Clinton would like to spend on refugees, we could rebuild every inner city in America,”
.. Factoring in population, the United States drops to No. 75 in the world when it comes to sheltering refugees
.. only 20 refugees have ever been convicted of committing or attempting terrorism within the U.S., according to an analysis by the Cato Institute. That’s out of 3.25 million refugees who have been admitted into the country, or .0006%.
.. In his response to Cruz, an Obama administration official said that most Christian Syrians live in areas protected by the Assad regime or have decamped to Lebanon