AGAIN THIS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW. WE DO PLAN TO STREAM THE TRIAL LIVE.
A NEWS 4 JAX DOT COM IN CASE
YOU WANT TO WATCH IT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES
ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTRY 62,500
TO
BE EXACT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE FROM THE
15,000 CAP, PUT IN PLACE UNDER
PRESIDENT JOINING US THIS
MORNING TALK ABOUT THE LOCAL
IMPACT THIS COULD HAVE ON OUR
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF
CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN
JACKSONVILLE. MATT SCHMIDT,
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US. GOOD MORNING,
THANKS FOR
HAVING ME SO TYLER WHAT ABOUT
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND WHAT
EXACTLY DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE
U.S. THE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
PROGRAM PROGRAM.
>> SO THIS WAS A VERY WELCOME
THE ANNOUNCEMENT GIVEN THE FACT
THAT OVER THE PAST FOR YEARS
THE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
POPULATION THAT IS THOSE WHO
CAN AUTHORIZE IN HER COUNTRY
HAS BEEN SEVERELY REDUCED.
YOU KNOW THIS IS A COUNTRY HAS
BEEN BASED
THIS IS THIS A COUNTRY BASED ON
REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS, SO
THIS IS VERY WELCOME NEWS FOR
US AND FOR THE JACKSONVILLE
COMMUNITY BECAUSE. COUNTY
CHARITIES BEEN RESELLING
REFUGEES FOR ALMOST 4 DECADES
NOW HERE
IN JACKSONVILLE WITH THESE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS THE NUMBER OF
ARRIVALS INTO OUR CITY
HAVE BEEN SO VERY SEVERELY
REDUCED SO THIS IS VERY WELCOME
NEWS FOR FOR ALL OF
US HERE.
>>LENA PRINGLE: SO THE MATCH
AND IT’S GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON
A LOCAL LEVEL YOU MENTIONED A
LITTLE BIT BUT EXPAND ON IT.
>> YES ON A LOCAL
TO SINCE THIS STUFF, THE FIRST
OF OCTOBER THAT’S THE FIRST OF
THE FISCAL YEAR FOR
THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR WE’VE
ONLY RECEIVED 19 REFUGEES SINCE
THAT DATE. OUR AGENCY HAS AS HIGHS 165 REFUGEES AND ONE FISCAL YEAR. WE ARE AUTHORIZED
THIS YEAR TO RESETTLE UP TO
100. WE DON’T KNOW THAT WE’RE
GOING TO GET THERE THIS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
BUT WE DO EXPECT THIS
INCREASED TO TO STARTED PROVING
VERY SOON AND THEN ARRIVING
VERY SOON.
BECAUSE OF THE CUTBACKS IN
REFUGEE ARRIVALS OVER THESE
SEVERAL YEARS. THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN IN
PLACE FT INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL
STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS HAD
BEEN REDUCED. ONE 3RD OF
AGENCIES HAVE
THEN FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR
DOORS OR REDUCE THEIR STAFF
BECAUSE A NUMBER OF REFUGEES
THAT HAVE BEEN HIT SEVERELY ARE
PRODUCED. SO IT’S GOING TO TAKE
SOME TIME TO GET THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE PUT BACK IN
PLACE. THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES
HAS THE STAFF IN PLACE NOW AND
WE’RE READY READY TO BEGIN
TAKING. SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
NUMBER OF REFUGEES ARE
GIVEN NOW.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SO TAKE A STEP
BACK A LITTLE BIT EXPLAIN TO ME
HOW DOES THE REFUGEE
RESETTLEMENT PROCESS WORK
AND WHERE ARE THESE REFUGEES
COMING FROM AND WHY ARE THEY
COMING TO THE U.S. OR EVEN
JACKSONVILLE.
>> RIGHT SO REFUGEE IS SOMEONE
WHO’S FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR
COUNTRY BECAUSE OF FEAR OF WAR.
CRIME.
YOU
CRIME. YOU NO FREEDOMS PERSONAL FREEDOMS
THAT WE ALL ENJOY HERE IN
UNITED STATES. ONCE THEY ARE
FORCED OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
THEY CANNOT COME BACK TO THEIR
OWN NATIVE
COUNTRY LESS. THE SITUATION
THERE IMPROVES AND LET’S HAVE
BECOME SAFE AND STABLE AGAIN.
ONCE A REFUGEE IS IDENTIFIED AS
A REFUGEE. THEY’RE
THEN VETTED AND THAT
VETTING INCLUDES. VERY
INTENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECKS.
SECURITY SCREENINGS,
HEALTH SCREENINGS, THIS VETTING
PROCESS TAKES A MINIMUM OF 18
MONTHS BUT IN MOST CASES TAKES
AN AVERAGE OF 2 YEARS TO
COMPLETE THE VETTING PROCESS.
SO WE’RE NOT WE’RE NOT ALLOWING
JUST ANYONE TO WALK INTO THE
COUNTRY THESE REFUGEES HAVE
BEEN AUTHORIZED BY OUR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY’VE
BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THEIR HOME
COUNTRY AS A HAZE AS A REFUGEE
NATION. IN WHICH CASE. THEY
EITHER HAVE TO
SPEND THAT TIME WAITING TO
ENTER OUR COUNTRY AFTER THEY’VE
BEEN VETTED
YOU HAVE TO SPEND THEIR TIME
WAITING IN THEIR COUNTRY OR IN
A NEIGHBORING COUNTRY THAT IS
SYMPATHETIC AND WELCOMING TO
THEIR SITUATION OR IN THE
WORST-CASE HAVE TO SPEND THAT
TIME IN A REFUGEE CAMP. REFUGEE
CAMPS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR LACK
OF SAFETY.
THEIR LACK OF CLEAN WATER AND
LITTLE FOOD
AND SHELTER. SO SOME OF THESE
REFUGEES HAVE TO STAY IN
REFUGEE CAMPS FOR A NUMBER
OF YEARS BEFORE THEY’RE EVEN
ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO UNITED
STATES, YOU KNOW IF ANYBODY
WANTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS
OR HOW TO GET INVOLVED IS THEIR
WEBSITE THEY CAN GO TO.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY THEY GO TO
OUR WEBSITE FOR ONE WHICH IS.
>> CCB JX DOT ORG.
SO IT’S WWW DOT C C B JX
DOT ORG. WE’VE GOT A SEPARATE
SECTION THERE ABOUT
REFUGEE ARRIVALS THEY CAN ALSO
A FAIR PERSON HELPING TO
CONTACT OUR OFFICE. WE
WE’RE VERY FORTUNATE
TO HAVE. MANY INDIVIDUALS AND
AGENCIES THAT WE PARTNER WITH
IN THIS WORK.
SO IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO GET
INVOLVED VOLUNTEER DONATE TO
THE PROGRAM. PLEASE CONTACT US