The first article, "For refugees and advocates, Trump Immigration Order Stay Leads to Disarray" by Deborah Amos argues about, Groups that relocate in the United States are suffering from deep budget cuts as an outcome from the recent executive order on immigration made by President Donald Trump. President Trump ordered a travel ban on people from seven majority Muslim nations. New arrivals are said to be ended on March 3, 2017. Bill Frelick, director of Human Rights Watch's refugee program, states that president views refugees as causes for terrorism, but "there's no evidence actually to support that whatsoever". The argument in this article states that the refugee resettlement program has been a partnership between the State Department nine private voluntary agencies, all but two resulting in faith being groups. The State Department's duty is to clear refuges before their arrival and the voluntary agencies meet once a week to figure out in which group or category best fits a family. Many states have sued; they believe they shouldn't be required to admit refugees. Number of resettlement offices may decrease. The fund directly given by state department helps agencies based on number of refugees each organization holds, since there will be a downfall of refugee numbers, these offices may close.
The second article, "Thousands of Refugees Face a Smaller Quota" by David A. Andleman, basically speaks about the similar Donald Trump case, restating how refugees are quickly running out of solutions. It compared how Obama raised the annual global refugee quota in the U.S. from 85,000 last years and with Trump's executive order dropped to 50,000. If things go at the same pace, it is calculated that only 2.500 refugees per month can be granted entry for sure. A strong reasonable conclusion by the writer stated that "The U.S. has long been, as President Reagan was fond of observing, "a shining city upon the hill" a model for refuges and others fleeing." The writer says how it would be a waste for this to be wiped away by the executive order without the Congress or American citizens taking part of the issue.
Works Cited:
Amos, Deborah. "For Refugees and Advocates, Trump Immigration Order Stay Leads to Disarray." NPR. NPR, n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.
Andleman, David A. "Thousands of Refugees Face a Smaller Quota." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.
I like how you used two articles that went over the same issue because it helped see two different perspectives of what people think. I also didn't know that the quota dropped so much ever since Trump went into presidency. Its sad to see that opportunities like this are being taken away from these refugees in such a small amount of time.
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