Fifty-nine refugees. In terms of raw numbers, when you consider the scale of America’s refugee resettlement operation over the years, it’s a rounding error. Last year alone, according to the most conservative estimates available, something like 100,000 officially recognized refugees arrived in this country as part of an explicit, government-sanctioned resettlement program. Fifty-nine refugees isn’t …
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Fifty-ninerefugees.Intermsofrawnumbers,whenyouconsiderthescaleofAmerica’srefugeeresettlementoperationovertheyears,it’saroundingerror.Lastyearalone,accordingtothemostconservativeestimatesavailable,somethinglike100,000officiallyrecognizedrefugeesarrivedinthiscountryaspartofanexplicit,government-sanctionedresettlementprogram.Fifty-ninerefugeesisn’tevenclosetoonehalfofonepercentofthatfigure.Itisanastronomicallysmallnumberofpeople,incontext.UndertheBidenadministration,fourtimesthatnumberofrefugeesenteredtheUnitedStateseverysingleday,fromplaceslikeAfricaandCentralAmericaandtheMiddleEast.Evenifthemediawantedtocovereverybatchof
