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As The Political Spin Continues, Here Are Some Key Facts About Refugees And The U.S.

As The Political Spin Continues, Here Are Some Key Facts About Refugees And The U.S.

As politicians around the country continue to work themselves into a frenzy over Trump's January 27th executive order temporarily suspending immigration from seven countries, we thought it might be helpful to take a step back and review some key statistics regarding America's historical refugee admissions.

According to research from the Pew Research Center ("PRC"), since the Refugee Act of 1980 was passed into law roughly 3 million refugees have been resettled in the United States with annual totals fluctuating around flare ups of international crises. 

America's Biggest Companies Are Slashing Jobs At The Fastest Rate Since The Financial Crisis

America's Biggest Companies Are Slashing Jobs At The Fastest Rate Since The Financial Crisis

Just last week, Americans were reassured (twice) that everything is awesome in the US labor market as ADP and BLS data showed jobs-jobs-jobs everywhere. However, along with wage stagnation (and a rising unemployment rate), there is a bigger problem, as Deutsche Bank warns, aside from soft earnings, hiring at America’s biggest companies is slowing down for the first time since 2010.

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