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77% of refugees allowed into U.S. since court blocked Trump ban come from the 7 countries on Trump’s list

Feb 11, 2017 2:52 pm By Robert Spencer

What could possibly go wrong? This.

“77% of refugees allowed into U.S. since travel reprieve hail from seven suspect countries,” by Stephen Dinan, Washington Times, February 9, 2017:

The State Department has more than doubled the rate of refugees from Iraq, Syria and other suspect countries in the week since a federal judge’s reprieve, in what analysts said appears to be a push to admit as many people as possible before another court puts the program back on ice.

A staggering 77 percent of the 1,100 refugees let in since Judge James L. Robart’s Feb. 3 order have been from the seven suspect countries. Nearly a third are from Syria alone — a country that President Trump has ordered be banned altogether from the refugee program. Another 21 percent are from Iraq. By contrast, in the two weeks before Judge Robart’s order, just 9 percent of refugees were from Syria and 6 percent were from Iraq.

“There’s no doubt in my mind they would be doing whatever they could to get people in before something changes because, from their perspective, their motivation is to resettle these folks. It would not be the first time that State Department officials have prioritized facilitating someone’s entry to the United States over security concerns,” said Jessica Vaughan, policy studies director at the Center for Immigration Studies.

Mr. Trump issued an executive order Jan. 27 putting in place the early stages of his extreme vetting policy, including an immediate 90-day pause on admitting visitors from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen — all countries where the government says it can’t be sure of its vetting procedures.

The executive order also called for an immediate 120-day halt to admitting refugees from anywhere around the globe. Mr. Trump singled out Syria in particular, saying refugees from there are halted indefinitely.

Late last week Judge Robart ruled Mr. Trump had likely overstepped legal boundaries and issued a temporary restraining order for most of the policy. An appeals court ruled Thursday to uphold the “TRO,” as it’s known in lawyer-speak.

Immediately after Judge Robart’s decision, the State Department and Homeland Security agencies kicked back into gear, beginning to accept both refugees and visitors from the suspect countries.

Numbers weren’t available on the effects of the broader travel ban, but 1,110 refugees were admitted in the days since the program was restarted — and of those, 849 were from the seven danger countries the president singled out. A whopping 346 were from Syria alone, and another 232 were from Iraq.

The surge has also meant a major jump in the number of self-identified Muslims admitted: 64 percent of the new batch of refugees are from some sect of Islam, compared to just 31 percent in the first weeks of the Trump administration.

“It would appear, based on the numbers, that there is an effort within the refugee resettlement program to rush in as many of the nationals of these seven countries as possible before a ruling is made on the TRO,” said Rosemary Jenks, government relations manager at NumbersUSA.

Mr. Trump himself seemed to be aware of the changes, posting an oblique Twitter message on Wednesday asking the courts to issue a new decision overturning Judge Robart and reinstating his extreme vetting policy.

“Big increase in traffic into our country from certain areas, while our people are far more vulnerable, as we wait for what should be EASY D!” the president tweeted….

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  1. Angemon says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 3:06 pm

    Mr. Trump himself seemed to be aware of the changes, posting an oblique Twitter message on Wednesday asking the courts to issue a new decision overturning Judge Robart and reinstating his extreme vetting policy.

    “Extreme vetting”? Try “one that works” instead…

    • Dawn says

      Feb 11, 2017 at 5:42 pm

      Need a sit down with Robert Spencer they might actually learn something,

  2. Tommy says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 3:14 pm

    Judges and school teachers can’t be trusted! They destroy freedom…

    • Christianblood says

      Feb 11, 2017 at 6:40 pm

      Tommy posted

      (..Judges and school teachers can’t be trusted! They destroy freedom..)

      You are right Tommy! And you said it well on the on the link below

    • A Harris USA says

      Feb 12, 2017 at 11:37 am

      Tommy, how true. The judges in the 9th court of appeals are so crazy that they will turn down anything that keeps America safe… They always have, and they always will. The teachers and professors who espouse the sickness of Islam, are preaching the evil so called religion as just another branch of what ever faith you practice… IT IS NOT..
      The Hispanic illegal crowd is now joining with the Islamic savages, and trying to make it look like they are victims of Trump are so stupid that the thought bewilders me.
      Muslims are attaching Christians in Europe, and in the ME, and the majority of Hispanics are Christian and practicing Roman Catholics, and the Muslim invaders have no love of them, They are using the poor me excuse to delude the dumb idiots into joining together to advance the Islamic threat.. Wake up you poor little victims, you are about to become the ultimate victim.

      • gravenimage says

        Feb 12, 2017 at 5:50 pm

        Classic useful idiots.

  3. DFD says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 3:17 pm

    OFF TOPIC, of course
    =================.

    Something of interest from Germany: The county court of Potsdam sentenced three men, one being a member of the NPD, to the following prison sentences:

    NPD man, 8 years
    the other two, 7 years respectively

    Together with a sermon of how evil they were to poor, helpless foreigners, etc. ad nauseum.

    They burned down a hall, used for sporting events, which was to be turned into a refugee center, pronounced: Asylum home. Nobody insured. Damage €3.5million ($3.8million, approx).

    Why of interest?

    In Wuppertal in 2015 three Palestinian “youths” attacked and set fire, with diesel filled Molotov cocktails, to a Synagogue. The court there, “…as mitigating circumstances it has to be considered that no case of anti-Semitism can be made out.” They were released on probation…

    In both instances critics of the judgements are persecuted for “hate speech”. Germans speak more and more in private with each other, and more and more resistance acts are occurring. Should Merkel win (by what means?) these elections, 24 September 2017, than I predict 2018 as the year of the starting shots for civil war.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 11, 2017 at 11:25 pm

      I’m no fan of burning down buildings, regardless–but you are right, DFD–clear double standard.

  4. berserker says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 3:36 pm

    Incredible when you think about the fact that pause does not cover 87 per cent of Mohammedans.

  5. Mac-101 says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    The Judges and Administrators responsible for this should be held accountable and charged as accessories to the murder, rape or any other felonies these “refuges” commit.
    .
    Seize their assets and exile them to the Islamic Paradise of their choice! It may prove interesting if they are of a certain religion. LOL!

    • Roger Schweikert says

      Feb 12, 2017 at 5:32 am

      Without a doubt along with every mayor or governor with a sanctuary city..

    • Tea Party/ Son of Liberty says

      Feb 13, 2017 at 2:41 am

      I agree 100% Mac-101 ! These Marxist Progressives need to be HELD ACCOUNTABLE legally for their role in what ever happens to innocent Americans because of MUSLIM REFUGEES let in after they lifted Trump’s ban. I guess that stupid Judge in Seattle forgot all about the 5 Americans murdered in a Macy’s store in a mall outside Seattle by a Turkish Muslim immigrant a little over 4 months ago.

      • Mac-101 says

        Feb 13, 2017 at 8:36 pm

        Amen!

  6. Kiel says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 5:07 pm

    What baffles me is the announcement, that security agencies “…prioritized facilitating someone’s entry to the United States over security concerns.” That even knowing that the president is taking the issue very seriously.
    Not only has the Trump administration all of the MSM against it but more gravely own agency members on various levels. Time to drain the “inside” swamp. Some heads have to be rolling.

  7. Wellington says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 5:12 pm

    Just more proof that the American federal judiciary is the weakest link in keeping America safe. Yes, the MSM, the now pathetic Democratic Party, so many in academia, and George Soros backed thugs serve as other foolish culprits here, but the federal judiciary is clearly #1 on this (infamous) list..

    America is faced with, where the federal judiciary is concerned, judicial ineptitude at best and judicial tyranny at worst (I favor the latter). Time for federal judges NOT to have life-time tenure. A ten to twelve year term for all of them (with possibility of re-appointment), including those on the Supreme Court, should be the law of the land. Unfortunately, Section 1 of Article 3 of the Constitution gives federal judges unlimited tenure as long as “good Behavior” exists and what constitutes good behavior is now clearly way too broad a phrase to rely upon since leftist judges have lost the common sense they were born with and now see themselves as guardians of “social justice” rather than just “justice”————–this distinction is key to comprehend for anyone who wishes to grasp just how terrible much of the federal judiciary has become since it gives carte blanche to judges to just make up law or ignore existing law in a quest for some kind of utopian society.

    Thus a new constitutional amendment is needed, one which confines ALL federal judges to 10-12 year terms after appointment, with the possibility of re-appointment. But life tenure has to go. Trouble is it will almost certainly take a constitutional amendment to do this and enacting an amendment to the Constitution requires 75% of the states to agree to such. A very, very high bar to meet to be sure and even Republicans are not yet in the talking stage about this at present. In short, don’t expect much in this regard but do expect judicial ineptitude or tyranny to continue well into the foreseeable future.

    Put another way, and this is harsh but true, the greatest ally of what Islam intends for all of America is, at present, the American federal judiciary. So sad. So stupid. So contrary to American law. So contrary to what the Founders intended for this nation when they framed the Constitution during that terribly hot summer in Philadelphia back in 1787. But a truly regrettable reality nonetheless.

    • Tea Party/ Son of Liberty says

      Feb 13, 2017 at 3:10 am

      Well stated …Wellington . You are right ,….the Islamists are using our Judiciary and stupid politicians to take over the USA ,…yes take over . Once they gain enough of a foothold ,…there IS NO GOING BACK . Europe is probably lost to Islam …or a long civil war …like what you see in Syria now. An ex/Muslim commented on one of David Wood’s new You Tube videos, which I highly recommend, and asked the question …” How MANY countries that have been turned ISLAMIC ….ever go back to the way they were before ? ” A scary thought , when you consider that , Lebanon, Syria and even Turkey were at one time largely Christian before Muhammad arrived on the scene in the middle of the 7th century AD and started his offensive jihad ,..which continues today. Also , EVERYONE ,..read Leo Hohmann’s new book ..STEALTH JIHAD ,…you will be shocked at what is going on in our COUNTRY.

  8. Nuruodo says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 5:28 pm

    Whole academia is left-socialist minded, they’ve been washing brains of theirs and ours for decades. That’s where change had to start.

  9. mgoldberg says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 7:16 pm

    Where is the new Sec. of State? Why isn’t he putting his ban on these increased refugees from the 7 countries?

  10. Infidel from Down Under says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 9:05 pm

    The one I cannot figure out no country has banned to my knowledge is Lebanese muslims

    Don’t know so much about the US but they make in Australia about 50% of all those charged on terror related matters as well as being way over represented in general crime statistics .

    There bad news period

  11. Dov Berrol says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 10:29 pm

    The Immigration Jihad continues unabated, and any initiatives put forth by President Trump will protect the USA from Arab attempts to colonize America. Meanwhile, north of the border, Canada has seen a sharp increase in illegal immigrants crossing the largely open border from the US…..mostly Muslims who will eventually take over the Great White North. When these Arab colonizers decide to take down the illuminated cross from Montreal’s Mount Royal, our Catholic Prime Minister Trudeau will have only himself to blame. Oh, Canada, goodbye Canada.

  12. gravenimage says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 11:19 pm

    77% of refugees allowed into U.S. since court blocked Trump ban come from the 7 countries on Trump’s list
    ………………………….

    “72 Muslims from countries covered by Trump ban convicted of terrorism”

    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/02/72-muslims-from-countries-covered-by-trump-ban-convicted-of-terrorism

    If these are “refugees”, why do so many of them want to kill us?

    And how many will get the chance, with this reopening of the flood gates?

  13. tgusa says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 2:40 am

    Refugees, from what, other muslims? It is all BS. These refugees within their home countries watched, perhaps in fear, while fanatics took control. They don’t belong in the home of the brave and the land of the free.

  14. vivarto says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 4:05 am

    Deport them, and the judge with them.

  15. Roger Schweikert says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 5:29 am

    Why aren’t Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iran, Bangledesh or Afghanistan taking in any of these people?

  16. Creole Gumbo says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 6:43 am

    Why are these people being admitted? The Court has no enforcement authority. They only have authority to give an opinion. Why aren’t the authorities who are allowing these people to come into the US being arrested for not following the executive order?

    • Roger Schweikert says

      Feb 12, 2017 at 7:56 am

      Great question Creole, Maybe Trump’s next executive order should be to direct them all to live with Judge Robart as his guest, and not that of the American taxpayers in the rest of the country.

  17. SoCalMike says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 1:54 pm

    1 million Americans should storm the State Department and root out these malignant bureaucrats inflicting Islamic immigration on us.
    Execute every single one of them.

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