Graves Authors Bill Blocking Obama Refugee Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves today introduced legislation to block funding for the White House’s newest refugee proposal. The Obama administration announced this week that it would significantly increase the number of refugees brought to the U.S. in 2017. Graves’ bill, H.R. 6044, would deny Obama the funds needed to implement this plan or any other refugee increase extending into the next Presidential administration.

“Over the past year, we’ve seen all the dangerous unintended consequences of uncapped refugee programs in Europe,” Rep. Sam Graves. “We can’t let the same thing happen here. The administration has failed to develop an appropriate vetting process to protect the American people, and this bill will prevent them from passing along a potential refugee crisis to the next President.”

The White House’s plan would increase the number of refugees admitted into the United States from 85,000 in 2016 to 110,000 in 2017. This represents a 57% rise in refugee arrivals in the United States since 2015, and could place an undue burden on local communities and national security officials across the country.