US Citizens Arrested For Protesting Arrival Of Bus Full Of Illegals

[UncleBeer 244]

Which begs the question what the end game is.

You'd have to ask the preznit, who seems bent on breaking everything he can get his hands on.

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

There is some effort by the UN and some central American countries (Nicaragua, Costa Rica) to update the definition and have them declared as Refugees (no legal binding).

I think part of the effort is aimed at Mexico to keep them from just sending them back.

From the interesting article: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-n-pushes-for-migrants-fleeing-to-u-s-to-be-called-refugees/

Those who say they are fleeing criminal violence generally are not eligible for political asylum, which is reserved for groups persecuted for their beliefs or identities. U.N. officials say there is no way of forcing the U.S. and Mexico to accept Central Americans as refugees, but a broad-based change in terminology could bring pressure on the two countries to do more.

[Boiler 45,486]

UNHCR has a resettlement programme and the US participates.

So should the visa allocation allow non traditional refugees to compete for existing visa's?

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Sounds like a possible idea.. I could not find any stats before 2011 but that year the US allocated 80,000 refugee visas of which 77,000 were used.. Just cutting Africa and Asia would free up 70,000 refugee visas and the US is still meeting its obligations assuming they go through with the redefinition.

BTW as far as resettling refugees The top three countries as of 2009 were the US (60,000), Canada (10,000), and Australia (8,700), number 4 was Norway with 910...

Per capita the top three were: Australia, Canada, then the US.

Edited July 10, 2014 by OnMyWayID