John Kerry neighed today that America will be increasing it’s admissions of refugees to help with the supposed “migrant crisis” in Europe. He stamped his hoof to signify that we would take in 100,000 refugees, and specifically look to take in 10,000 more from Syria.
Watch below:
Kerry snorted out:
We, the United States, have been engaged in this kind of a policy in large terms over a long period of time. We are the largest single program in the world in refugee resettlement on an ongoing basis. I’m not talking about just emergency. And we are also the largest single contributor, now over $4.1 billion in the last few years in contributions to the UN refugee efforts. And since the beginning of the conflict in Syria, we’re proud that we’ve been able to provide more money for shelter, for food, for medicine. But we still need to do more, and we understand that. There are 7 million men, women, and children who are displaced inside Syria. There are 4 million more who are refugees scattered throughout the region. And the magnitude and duration of this crisis obviously has stretched the global response thin.
To that end, I’m pleased to announce today that the United States will significantly increase our numbers for refugee resettlement in the course of this next year and the year after. Last year I think we were at 70,000. We are now going to go up to 85,000 with at least, and I underscore the “at least” – it is not a ceiling, it’s a floor – of 10,000 over the next year from Syria specifically even as we also receive more refugees from other areas. And in the next fiscal year, we’ll target 100,000, and if it’s possible to do more, we’ll do. One of the reasons it’s difficult is that post-9/11, we have new laws and new requirements with respect to security background checks and vetting, so it takes longer than one would like and we cannot cut corners with respect to those security requirements. But this step that I am announcing today I believe is in keeping with the best tradition of America as a land of second chances and a beacon of hope, and it will be accompanied by additional financial contributions to the humanitarian effort not only from our government but from the American people. And that will become more specific in the next days.
After which he retired to his stable to enjoy his favorite saltlick.