Refugee Scandal

Anna Husarska of the International Rescue Committee writes this commentary in the Wall Street Journal about the plight of Iraqi refugees:

Every day Iraqi civilians are killed on the streets and in their homes by insurgents. And many of them are targeted for a simple reason: They have either worked for or have some other connection to the U.S. government. As a matter of policy the U.S. has officially opened the door for many of these civilians by offering them refugee status here.

But in practice that door has been effectively closed. This became increasingly clear recently when the State Department revealed how many Iraqi refugees were allowed into the U.S. during the month of May. That count stands at precisely one. In April, the U.S. also admitted just a single Iraqi refugee. Click here for the rest of the commentary.

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