UN, NGOs control US refugee admissions says CIS

3^rd in a series on US border security and immigration

The Center for Immigration Studies has called for a “wide-ranging review” of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). CIS said the program is out-of-control and “rife with fraud.”

Hundreds of non-governmental organizations benefit from U.S. taxpayer dollars, but often neglect refugees after they settle in the U.S.

CIS said the admissions process has been “surrendered” to the UN and to the NGOs.

“In recent years,” said CIS, “up to 95 percent of the refugees coming to the United States were referred by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) or were putative relatives of U.N.-selected refugees.”

CIS provides full details on our refugee system in the backgrounder ‘Refugee Resettlement, A System Badly in Need of Review.’

Current policy is troubling in light of a world at war and potential threats to the U.S. CIS said “meaningful background checks are difficult to obtain.” Many countries simply have no reliable records, and as a result, criminals, fugitives and terrorists have all used USRAP to gain entry.

Our welfare system works as a magnet for refugees just as it does for illegal aliens. CIS said the cost of the domestic resettlement program is probably 10 times the official estimates of $1.1 billion annually.

Other risks include impact on communities—they’re not consulted when large numbers are planned for their area. Some groups have “stated openly” they will not assimilate into our culture. Other issues should be addressed—chain migration and a disconnect with the NGO after resettlement.

Routine testing is no longer the norm although refugees may have expensive medical conditions like HIV, hepatitis, TB, and malaria. No one has asked about the impact of this on US medical costs, but taxpayer dollars are part of the mix.

As the US Congress looks for ways to cut entitlements for citizens, no one in Congress has brought up the costs of programs for as refugee resettlement, legal immigration or illegal aliens. This issue is rarely addressed as a fiscal issue.

The CIS backgrounder points to a troubled program most Americans are completely unaware of.

In 2011, the 80,000 refugee admissions planned meant that the US would admit “nearly three times the number of refugees as the rest of the developed world combined.”

Even if a limit of 20,000 was set, the US would still be the leading resettlement country in the developed world, said CIS.  (Filed by Kay B. Day/June 8, 2011)

Read Pt. 1 of the series: Could Bennett’s immigration amendment protect terrorists?

Read Pt. 2 of the series: Why do Mexico’s children seek US ‘social justice’?

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Comments

[KansasGirl]

People with half a brain know this is planned. O's destruction on America from within is coming to fruitation. Duh.

[Kay B. Day]

Like Rome. Thanks so much for commenting.--best, KBD