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Print this article The State Departments recent admission that thousands of Iraqis likely filed fraudulent refugee applications for resettlement in the United States is not a surprise. Instead, the actual shock is that the State Department is finally admitting to what has long been known. Disturbingly, in terms of the fraud-laden U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, history is simply repeating itself — as it appears that the massive deception inherent in the Iraqi resettlement program can no lo...

WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities pursuing a sweeping fraud investigation suspect some 4,000 Iraqis of filing fraudulent applications for resettlement in the…

U.S. suspects 4,000 cases of fraud in Iraqi refugee program -documents

Jonathan LandayTed Hesson 1/2 An Iraqi interpreter enters a house during a patrol with U.S. army Alpha Company 1-64 Armored in the neighborhood of Adl in Baghdad November 7, 2007. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Read More WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities pursuing a sweeping fraud investigation suspect some 4,000 Iraqis of filing fraudulent applications for resettlement in the United States as refugees, and they are re-examining cases involving more than 104,000 others, acc...

Biden finally raised the refugee cap. Now comes the hard part. Vox.com 5 days ago Nicole Narea © Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images Asafu Alamaya, an 80-year-old blind woman who fled the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia, sits in her makeshift shelter at a refugee camp in Sudan on December 12, 2020. After months of indecision and blowback from within his own party, President Joe Biden has finally raised the cap on refugee admissions for 2021 to 62,500 — but he has made clear he d...

Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images After months of indecision and blowback from within his own party, President Joe Biden has finally raised the cap on refugee admissions for 2021 to 62,500 — but he has made clear he doesn’t think the US will actually admit that many people. “The sad truth is that we will not achieve 62,500 admissions this year,” Biden said in a statement Monday. “We are working quickly to undo the damage of the last four years. It will take some time, but that work is ...

Biden lifts refugee cap to 62,500 — but admits “sad truth” that U.S. will take in far fewer Salon 3 hrs ago © Provided by Salon Joe Biden U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response and the vaccination program during an event at the State Dining Room of the White House May 4, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden set a new goal to have 70% of adult Americans with at least one shot and at least 160 Americans fully vaccinated by July 4th, 2021. ...

• Source:  Associated Press US President Joe Biden today formally raised the countrys cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in replacing the record-low ceiling of 15,000 set by former President Donald Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stand and applaud as Presiden...

Biden raises Trump refugee cap after backlash President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden wave after stepping off Marine One on the Ellipse near the White House, Monday, May 3, 2021, in Washington. The Bidens traveled Monday to coastal Virginia to promote his plans to increase spending on education and children, part of his $1.8 trillion families proposal announced last week. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Patrick Semansky President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden wave as they board Air For...

An unidentified woman carries her belongings on her head after crossing the Mbomou river back into Bangassou, Central African Republic, from Ndu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where she had taken refuge, Sunday Feb. 14, 2021. An estimated 240,000 people have been displaced in the country since mid-December, according to U.N. relief workers, when rebels calling themselves the Coalition of Patriots for Change launched attacks, causing a humanitarian crisis in the already uns...