CLOSE Skip in Skip x Embed x Share Many will have you believe that President Obama's 2011 immigration order is the same as President Trump's travel ban. Iraqi refugees Waad Ramadan Alwan and Mohanad Shareef Hammadi settled in Kentucky after entering the U.S. in 2009. In calendar year 2011, the U.S. admitted only 6,339 Iraqi refugees — down from 18,251 in 2010, according to the State Department’s refugee admissions database. The number of Iraqi refugees jumped to 16,369 in 2012 after the screening systems were changed. Trump’s comparison of his immigration actions to Obama’s policy in 2011 is a faulty one.

Source: Libya Today January 30, 2017 18:50 UTC