September 20, 2015
The U.S. will accept 85,000 refugees from around the world next year, up from 70,000, and that total would rise to 100,000 in 2017, Kerry said at news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier after the two discussed the mass migration of Syrians fleeing their civil war.
We will take in 100,000 per year each year after.
Many, though not all, of the additional refugees will be Syrian.
Forbes is reporting that Americans overwhelmingly – 51% – favor taking in refugees.
Syrian men fleeing ISIS
Reports indicate that Syrian men are fleeing while Kurdish women stay to fight.
Others would come from strife-torn areas of Africa. The White House had previously announced it intended to take in 10,000 additional Syrian refugees over the next year but Kerry said it would be 100,000. Josh Earnest said Kerry was mistaken. Obviously, he wasn’t.