U.S. refugees goal 30% higher, at 110000 in ’17

“Unfortunately, President Obama unilaterally increases the number of refugees resettled in the United States each year and gives little thought as to how it will impact local communities”.

The new quota represents an nearly 30% increase over the 2016 quota and a near 60% increase over the 2015 quota.

President Obama wants the U.S.to take 30 percent more refugees next year, top administration officials told Congress on Tuesday, calling for Americans to do more on the world stage at a time when many voters are already balking at the current pace.

Kerry has said repeatedly over the past year that the United States will admit at least 100,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 and try to admit more if it were able. More specifically, “40,000 refugees would be authorized from the Near East/South Asia, which includes Syria, the most of any region”. The official said increasing the US target this year reflected that strategy and Obama’s belief that all nations need to do more to help the neediest.

Buffalo’s four refugee resettlement agencies welcomed 225 refugees from Syria between January 1 and August 31, according to a database maintained by the State Department’s Office of Refugee Resettlement.

President Barack Obama is urging the United States to accept 110,000 new refugees in 2017, a marked increase over the previous years.

The Obama administration is pressing ahead with plans to boost the number of refugees it will allow into the U.S.as a national debate rages over immigration and security. The Obama administration however insisted that states can not legally prevent war exiles from coming in.

Then in May, Obama faced criticism from refugee advocates when the us had taken in less than a third of its goal for resettling displaced Syrians.

The White House announced last month that the US had accepted its 10,000th Syrian refugee of the year, and press secretary Josh Earnest said Obama was “gratified” that the administration had reached its annual goal.

Asmaa Albukaie, a Syrian refugee who moved to Idaho with her two children in 2014, said she was saddened when governors started saying past year they didn’t want Syrian refugees.

“We have 20 million visa waiver visitors to the United States each year”, he said.

“Once [refugees have] been given the right to stay in the USA, states can not impose legal barriers to entry”, Michael Doyle, a professor at Columbia Law School who has been studying the refugee crisis, told Mashable.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s running mate, has banned Syrian refugees from being resettled in his state.

Obama will likely formally announce the refugee plan before he attends a summit on refugees during next week’s General Assembly meeting at the United Nations. It’s a leading source of refugee resettlement.

On Wednesday, during opening remarks before the UN’s general assembly, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called on more of the worldwide community to provide refugees with the housing, assistance and integration needed for a better life.

On Capitol Hill, what to do about Syrian refugees has a few times been at the center of intense debate.

CNN first reported the new refugee goal Wednesday morning.

Kerry’s announcement came the same day German authorities detained three Syrian refugees they said had ties to ISIS.

It is very possible- given what Trump has said about refugees from war torn nations- that America’s policy toward refugee resettlement will be dramatically reoriented under Trump’s vision if he’s elected.