US resettled ONE Iraqi refugee in the month of April

[sabra]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/13/AR2007051301016.html

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For a long time, Washington basically denied the existence of a refugee problem. Then at the end of 2006, the State Department said the United States would resettle 7,000 Iraqis in 2007 -- not all that many, but a huge increase from the 466 resettled since 2003.

So how many were resettled last month? 500? 600? Well, not quite. Actually, the total for April, according to the State Department, was . . . drumroll . . . ONE. Yes, that's uno. The total since the fiscal year started Oct. 1 is 69. At this rate, far from resettling 7,000, the State Department will be lucky to match last year's total of 202.

What's the problem?

There's lots of finger-pointing among the State Department, the United Nations and the Department of Homeland Security -- which has yet to come up with a new screening process so that refugees can be vetted for security purposes.

[magellan]

1. Security isn't the problem

Lots of the Iraqis applying for asylum WORKED for us in Iraq. If they haven't been vetted YET then BushCo are even more incompetent than I previously thought.

Here's the problem: Accepting Iraqi refugees is believed by our illustrious leaders to be an admission of defeat. Can't have that. It's preferable to turn them off and let them and their families fend for themselves against the radicals who'll eventually find and kill them for aiding the enemy.

[Javaman]

2. Well now, that's one in a row.

sigh.

:banghead: