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John Kerry: America Needs to Bring in More Refugees Next Year

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told legislators on Wednesday that he believes the United States should increase the amount of refugees that Washington absorbs per annum to 100,000 people, the New York Times reports, citing congressional staffers and Obama White House officials.

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More Than 90 Percent of Middle Eastern Refugees on Food Stamps

More than 90 percent of recent refugees from Middle Eastern nations are on food stamps and nearly 70 percent receive cash assistance, according to government data. The high welfare rates among Middle Eastern refugees comes as the Obama administration considers increasing the number of refugees — who are immediately eligible for public benefits — to the U.S., particularly Syrian refugees.

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Gutiérrez: Donald Trump ‘Little Devil,’ Pope Francis the ‘Antidote’

Gutiérrez, a vocal Donald Trump opponent and advocate for what he describes as “immigration reform,” painted the Republican presidential candidate as a “little devil” on the nation’s shoulder in contrast to the pontiff, who will assume the position of the “little angel” on the other shoulder when he visits the U.S. later this month. “On one shoulder, we have a billionaire out there saying Mexicans are murderers…On the other shoulder is a man who is not afraid to touch the feet of the poor and recognizes their humanity even in their poverty,” Gutiérrez said.

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Franklin Graham: ‘Jesus Was a Refugee’

Christian Evangelist Franklin Graham has called for prayers for refugees flooding into Europe, telling his followers that as a child, Jesus was a refugee in Egypt because his parents had to flee from Nazareth to avoid the murderous wrath of King Herod.

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Lax Security, Phony IDs Surround Europe’s Migrant Flood

The Associated Press has filed an astounding report on the piles of fake documents appearing as discarded refuse along the migrant route into Europe, as the number of people claiming to be “Syrian” for the purposes of securing asylum status surges exponentially.

Recruiters wait to meet with job seekers during a HireLive career fair on June 4, 2015 in San Francisco, California. According to a report by payroll processor ADP, 201,000 jobs were added by businesses in May.

24,914,000 Foreign-Born People Employed In U.S.

The number of foreign-born people employed in the U.S. increased last month, representing a figure more than three times higher than the number of unemployed native-born Americans, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.