They are NOT to0 be confused with asylum seekers at the Southern Border….
They are looked at economically advantageous for local economies….
They usually pay taxes on higher incomes once in America…
That doesn’t mean anything with Republicans…
And the Biden admin is racing to ease their entry into the country….
Meanwhile, some mayors want more refugees, seeing them as crucial to their growth and prosperity. Research confirms that refugees contribute significantly to the communities where they settle. So should refugees be a higher priority?
Refugees are not a southern border problem
Many Americans conflate refugees with asylum seekers. Refugees are people who belong to a group that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) or a national government recognizes as fleeing war and persecution as established by the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention. While the United States has a long history accepting refugees, the formal federal program, the U.S. Refugee Admission Program (USRAP) was established as part of the Refugee Act of 1980. Refugees go through an initial screening process by the UNHCR and are then referred to the U.S. State Department. The selected individuals go through several security screenings by agencies that are part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). They come from all over the world, including Africa, Asia and Europe….
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Why do U.S. mayors want more refugees?
So why have some U.S. mayors been asking for more refugees? Cities provide significant public assistance to integrate refugees into the local economy and culture. They do so despite stretched city budgets, particularly in the Rust Belt where depopulation has meant less tax revenue. And yet even when the Obama administration raised the cap on refugees to its peak of 100,000, 18 mayors requested still more refugees. Additionally, when the Trump administration slashed the number refugees allowed to enter to 18,000 in 2020, 88 mayors — coming from both parties — sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the return to previous annual levels of refugee admissions…
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Refugees earn higher incomes than other immigrants, which means that their tax contributions are higher, too. One study found that over 20 years, a refugee pays more in taxes than the cost of all the aid and public services they received. Refugees’ household spending on goods and services results in additional jobs and higher business revenue. Moreover, refugee communities have a high rate of entrepreneurialism….