Jewish Groups Slam White House for 'Baby Step' on Syrian Refugees
JTA September 21, 2015
JTA September 21, 2015
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Two U.S. Jewish organizations said the Obama administration’s offer to absorb at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year was inadequate.
“Increasing the total number of refugees from 70,000 to 85,000 for next year and to 100,000 for the year after is a nice symbolic gesture,” Mark Hetfield, the president of HIAS, a Jewish group that assists in refugee resettlement and advocates for immigration reform, said Sunday in a statement. “It is a baby step in the right direction. But it is not leadership.”
The Reform movement also said in a statement Monday that Secretary of State John Kerry’s
proposed numbers did not meet the mark.
“Increasing the total number of refugees from 70,000 to 85,000 for next year and to 100,000 for the year after is a nice symbolic gesture,” Mark Hetfield, the president of HIAS, a Jewish group that assists in refugee resettlement and advocates for immigration reform, said Sunday in a statement. “It is a baby step in the right direction. But it is not leadership.”
The Reform movement also said in a statement Monday that Secretary of State John Kerry’s
proposed numbers did not meet the mark.
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HIAS vice president Jennie Rosenn touts grassroots advocacy for expanded refugee resettlement as best way for Jews to address crisis
By Renee Ghert-Zand February 7, 2016,
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HIAS vice president Jennie Rosenn touts grassroots advocacy for expanded refugee resettlement as best way for Jews to address crisis
By Renee Ghert-Zand February 7, 2016,
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For the past two years, the US has capped refugee resettlement at 70,000 per annum. In September, the Obama Administration announced that it would increase that number to 100,000 per year by 2017. Last fall, HIAS and its Refugee Council USA partners asked for an additional 100,000 refugees per year, a request they have somewhat backed off from, given the more charged climate in recent weeks.
To date, only 2,647 of 4.5 millions displaced Syrians have arrived in the US since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.
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