Refugee skeptic lands top State Department refugee job
Source: Politico
By NAHAL TOOSI 03/08/2018 04:08 PM EST Updated 03/08/2018 04:17 PM EST
A White House aide close to senior policy adviser Stephen Miller who has advocated strict limits on immigration into the U.S. has been selected for a top State Department post overseeing refugee admissions, according to current and former State officials.
Andrew Veprek’s appointment as a deputy assistant secretary in State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) is alarming pro-immigration activists who fear President Donald Trump is trying to effectively end the U.S. refugee resettlement program.
Current and former officials also describe Veprek’s appointment as a blow to an already-embattled refugee bureau. Trump has has made clear his disdain for liberal immigration policies, and the bureau has been adrift under Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — even as a record 65 million people are displaced around the world due to war, famine and other calamities.
The bureau's website says that it "provides aid and sustainable solutions for refugees, victims of conflict and stateless people around the world, through repatriation, local integration, and resettlement in the United States." It adds that the bureau "also promotes the United States' population and migration policies."
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/08/andrew-veprek-state-department-refugee-admissions-448210
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There's practically STONY silence out of DC. Just plain AMAZING! 
