The family of Somane Liban, refugees from Somalia, walk through the Boise Airport after being met by their U.S.-based family members on arrival in Boise, Idaho, U.S. March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Losness – RC1CA15BF500
Source: The Atlantic
Refugees are not simply impoverished migrants. A refugee is defined, by a 1951 international convention, as a person who, “owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted … is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.”
The maximum number of refugees that the U.S. should accept in a given year is a fraught question. Dara Lind reports that in the final year of the Carter administration, federal officials settled on the answer 231,700. Under Reagan, the answer fluctuated between a high of 217,000 and a low of 67,000. The most common answer under George H.W. Bush was 131,000. Under Bill Clinton, the number ranged between 142,000 and 78,000. Under George W. Bush, the most common figure was 70,000, while under Barack Obama, figures ranged from 70,000 to 85,000 until the last year of his presidency––on his way out, with kids at the border, the figure surged to 110,000.
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ok, don’t accept refugees. It would be good enough if you would just stop bombing and stop creating refugees.