US to Admit a Few More Iraqi Refugees

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

US to Admit a Few More Iraqi Refugees

Wednesday May 30, 2007 8:01 PM

By MATTHEW LEE

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will soon begin admitting a bigger
trickle of the more than 2 million refugees who have fled Iraq, acknowledging
for the first time the country may never be safe for some who have helped
the U.S. there.

After months of agonizing delays and withering criticism from advocacy
groups and lawmakers, the Bush administration has finalized new guidelines
to screen Iraqi refugees, including those seeking asylum because helping
the Americans has put them at huge risk.

The 2 million-plus people - the fastest growing refugee population in the
world - have left Iraq, but Washington has balked at allowing them into
the United States for security reasons.

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Now, under enhanced screening measures aimed at weeding out potential
terrorists - announced this week by the Department of Homeland Security
- the administration plans to allow nearly 7,000 Iraqis to resettle in the
United States by the end of September.

An initial group of 59, including former U.S. government employees and
their families, should arrive in the coming weeks, Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff said.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6671334,00.html

[magellan]

1. About time!

[Vincardog]

2. 7,000 out of 2 Million that is 0.0035% way to step up Dim Son.

[David__77]

3. US is morally responsible to allow any Iraqi in.

The US destroyed Iraq; they should be allowed to make the US their new homeland.

[MasonJar]

4. How magnanimous of George, after he destroyed their country.

[libodem]

6. I was going to use your phraseology

and saw it flash past when I hit reply and had to quick think of something else to write. :) Should have read through first. Yeah, very magnanimous, of you George.

[libodem]

5. We have sure used and discarded these folks

like disposable gloves and left them to twist in the wind. The poor interpretors have had it bad.