See list of states receiving over 1,000 refugees in last 8 months; zip for Montana and Wyoming
I found this very informative map earlier this morning and want you to see it. Just over 40,000 refugees have been resettled in the US this fiscal year (FY 2015 began October 1, 2014) and this map is up to date as of May 31, 2015.
Teddy and Joe created the Refugee Act of 1980! What do you know, Delaware has gotten a whole 6 refugees this fiscal year. That is a record high number I think!
Here are the states that have received over 1,000 refugees this fiscal year, so far:
Texas: 4,284
California: 3,370
New York: 2,297
Michigan: 1,817
Arizona: 1,810
Ohio: 1,681
Washington: 1,602
Georgia: 1,598
Pennsylvania: 1,535
Florida: 1,513
Illinois: 1,501
Minnesota: 1,426
North Carolina: 1,327
Kentucky: 1,070
Colorado: 1,054
Indiana: 1,038
Can you believe it! Veep Joe Biden’s Delaware actually got a whole 6 refugees this year (zero has been their allotment in recent years).
Winners are Montana and Wyoming each with zero so far!
Just a reminder, these are the numbers for resettled refugees only, and it doesn’t include successful asylum seekers, Special Immigrant Visa holders, Cuban/Haitian parolees or the unaccompanied alien children now being treated as ‘refugees.’
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