GARDEN
GARDEN CLUB. VERY QUIETLY OVERNIGHT, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION MADE
THEIR RECCOMENDATIONS
ABOUT HOW MANY
REFUGEES WILL BE
ALLOWED IN THE
COUNTRY FOR THE 2021
FISCAL YEAR.
THAT FISCAL YEAR, STARTS
TODAY.
IN A MOVE THAT WAS NOT
SURPRISING TO MANY,
THE ADMISNITRATION
AGAIN CUT DOWN THE
REFUGEE CAP TO A NEW
RECORD LOW.
WITH THE NEWS, REFUGEE
ADVOCATE GROUPS ARE
WORRIED ABOUT HOW
MANY PEOPLE THEY WILL
BE ABLE TO HELP GET OUT
OF DANGEROUS PARTS OF
THE WORLD.
BOISE AND SOUTHERN
IDAHO HAS BEEN A
WELCOMING HOME FOR
SO MANY REFUGEES FROM
ALL OVER THE
WORLD...FOR YEARS.
JOE PARRIS SPOKE WITH
THE INTERNATION RESCUE
COMMITEE HERE IN BOISE
ABOUT THE NEWS AND
THE IMPACTS IT WILL
HAVE.
HAVE. EARLY THURSDAY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
RELEASED THEIR
PROPOSAL FOR HOW
MANY REFUGEES WILL BE
ALLOWED INTO THE
COUNTRY FOR THE 2021
FISCAL YEAR.
"THE ADMINISTRATION
HAS SENT OVER A REPORT
TO CONGRESS WITH THE
ADMISSIONS CAP FOR
THIS UPCOMING YEAR TO
BE SET AT 15,000." -
SIQUEIROS
GEORGETTE SIQUEIROS IS
THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
COORDINATOR FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE
COMMITTEE IN BOISE. IN-
PART, THE IRC WORKS TO
RESETTLE REFUGEE
FAMILIES.
"THIS IS A VERY LOW CAP,
HISTORICALLY. THE HISTORIC AVERAGE HAS BEEN 95,000." --SIQUEIROS
THE 15,000 PERSON CAP IS
THE
THE LOWEST NUMBER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE U.S. REFUGEE
ADMISSION PROGRAM.
THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SET THE
PREVIOUS LOW LAST YEAR
WITH A CAP OF 18,000.
DOWN FROM 30,000 AND
45,000 IN THE PREVIOUS
TWO YEARS. THE
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF
THE U.S. REFUGEE
ADMISSION PROGRAM.
THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SET THE
PREVIOUS LOW LAST YEAR
WITH A CAP OF 18,000.
DOWN FROM 30,000 AND
45,000 IN THE PREVIOUS
TWO YEARS. THE
DIMINISHING CAPS HAS
MADE RESETTLING
REFUGEES MORE AND
MORE DIFFICULT.
"YOU HEAR THESE
NUMBERS, THE MAJORITY
OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
COMING ARE CHILDREN
SO WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE MOST
VULNERABLE OF THE
MOST VULNERABLE AND
NOW ONLY A FEW ARE
MAKING IT TO SAFETY." -
DONNELLY TZUL
JULIANNE DONNELLY TZUL
IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE IRC IN BOISE, SHE
EXPLAINS HOW THE
18,000-PERSON CAP
EFFECTED IDAHO REFUGEE
NUMBERS THIS PAST YEAR.
"168 PEOPLE MADE IT IN
COMPARED TO 1,100 IN
PRIOR YEARS. SO, IT IS A
DRAMATIC
DRAMATIC DOWNWARD TREND." -DONNELLY TZUL THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SAYS
THE CAP REFLECTS THE
CONTINUING
COMMITMENT TO
PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY
AND WELL-BEING OF
AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY
IN LIGHT OF THE
PANDEMIC. MEANWHILE,
THE IRC SAYS THE NEED
AROUND THE WORLD
CONTINUES TO GROW.
"THE GLOBAL NEED IS
ACTUALLY AT THE HIGHEST
IT'S BEEN IN MANY YEARS.
WE ARE SEEING A REALLY,
REALLY HIGH NEED PAIRED
WITH A REALLY LOW
NUMBER WHICH JUST
ADDS TO THE
DEVASTATING NUMBER WE
ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW."
"WE ARE JUST REALLY
CONCERNED ABOUT
SEEING PEOPLE COME TO
SAFETY NOW." -SIQUEIROS
THE PROPOSED CAP FOR
THE 2021 FISCAL YEAR,
WHICH BEGAN THURSDAY,
STILL NEEDS FINAL
APPROVAL FROM THE
PRESIDENT. UNTIL HE
SIGNS OFF NEW REFUGEES
WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO
RESETTLE. ALTHOUGH THE
CAP IS HISTORICALLY LOW,
ADVOCATES ARE PUSHING
THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN
OFF SO THEY CAN AT
LEAST BEGIN WORKING
ON NEW RESETTLEMENTS.
"THE U.S. HAS A LONG
HISTORICAL
COMMITMENT TO
WELCOME PEOPLE IN
NEED. WE HAVE THE
ABILITY, WE HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO DO IT AND
WHAT WE LACK RIGHT
NOW IS JUST THE
NUMBERS AND
DEDICATION FROM THE
CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION TO
MAKE IT HAPPEN. MY
THOUGHT IS ALWAYS
WITH THE FAMILIES WHO
COULD BE SEEKING SAFETY
AND WE ARE JUST
CURRENTLY NOT
ALLOWING THAT."
--SIQUEIROS
WHILE REFUGEE GROUPS
DO FEEL HANDCUFFED BY
THE NEWS, TEAMS LIKE
THE IRC CONTINUES TO
WORK WITH REFUGEE
FAMILIES IN THEIR
COMMUNITY THROUGH A
TIME THAT HAS BEEN VERY
CHALLENGING.
"SOMETHING THAT WE
HAVE TO DEDICATE
OURSELVES TO IS THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.
THINK ABOUT HOW CAN
WE IMPROVE THE QUALITY
OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE ALREADY A
PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY, WHO ARE
MAKING OUR
COMMUNITY RICHER FOR
BEING A PART OF IT." -
DONNELLY TZUL
DONNELLY TZUL
JOE
JOE I
JOE I IMAGINE THE LAST 6 MONTHS HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING FOR THE
REFUGEE
REFUGEE COMMUNITY?