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Trump Administration Blocking Admission to Iraqi Refugees Who Helped American Troops in Battle
Get ready to hear something disgusting even for Trump's administraton. Pentagon officials are raising concerns within the Trump administration about the sharp drop in refugee admissions of Iraqis who helped the U.S. in battle.
Military officials are sounding the alarm inside the Trump administration about the sharp drop in admission to the United States of Iraqi refugees who have helped American troops in battle, said two U.S. officials aware of the internal discussions.
The Pentagon is concerned that not providing safe haven to more of the Iraqis, many of whom interpreted and did other key tasks for U.S. forces, will harm national security by dissuading locals from cooperating with the United States in Iraq and other conflict zones, the officials said.
Trump's White Nationalist, xenophobic staff including winners like Stephen Miller are destroying our nation in ways that are only slowly coming to light.
As of Aug. 15, just 48 Iraqis have been admitted to the United States this fiscal year through a special refugee program meant for people who worked for the U.S. government or American contractors, news media or non-governmental groups, according to data provided by the State Department. More than 3,000 came last year and about 5,100 in 2016.
At the meeting, the FBI revealed that of a batch of 88 Iraqis it had recently completed SAOs for, it found suspicious information on 87 of them, said the two officials aware of the meeting. Current and former officials said that is a much higher “hit rate” than in past years.
It was unclear to officials what exactly is causing the higher hit rate.....
Ummmm.... I'd bet the criteria has been changed unilaterally by racist people empowered by Trump's enablers. In summary:
Admission numbers for Iraqis who helped the US government and are trying to come to the US as refugees:
2016: ~5,100
2017: 3,000+
This year: 48