“We welcome the overall reduction in refugees under the Trump Administration over the past year, but at least 450 refugees still arrived in the San Diego area from Syria, Somalia, and Iran – countries that are currently on the U.S. travel ban of Muslim terrorist countries. If any one of these 450 new refugees have been radicalized or have terror group connections, that represents a huge threat to San Diego and our large and vital military presence in San Diego County.
On a side note, are you aware that a Somali refugee from San Diego, who was ordered deported in 2011, is accused of the recent terror attack in Edmonton? You really owe it to the readers to include this information in your article about refugee numbers for FY 2017.”
San Diego still top county for refugee arrivals despite reductions
…..In a year that began with a promise of more refugees than ever before coming to the U.S. and ended with an ongoing court battle over how many and whom the president could block from coming,about 1,500 refugees resettled in San Diego County, according to datafrom the State Department. That’s down from just over 3,100 the year before, and it’s the only time that number has dipped below 2,000 in the last decade….
….Jeff Schwilk, founder of San Diegans for Secure Borders was troubled that more than 450 of the resettled refugees in San Diego came from Syria, Somalia and Iran — countries that are part of Trump’s most recent travel ban.
“If any one of these 450 new refugees have been radicalized or have terror group connections, that represents a huge threat to San Diego and our large and vital military presence in San Diego County,” Schwilk said.
Ernie Griffes, who was part of a movement last year to get rid of Imperial Beach’s label as a Welcoming City because it would bring unvetted refugees to his neighborhood, did not like that San Diego is still top county for resettlement.
“As the numbers being taken in have been cut back to limits a couple years ago and vetting has been improved, we should be less concerned about terrorists coming in through refugees. But we’re not,” Griffes said. “The puzzlement is why so many are being dumped here in San Diego, one of the most expensive places to live in the nation and way short on adequate housing and work for people already here. What about putting them in lower-cost cities in Midwestern and Southern states? The weather is not as nice, but housing costs are much cheaper.”
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