You know that global pandemic you keep hearing about? Well, the essence of this post is not for the commentary, but rather to illustrate that whatever your interpretation of events, resettling “refugees” in the midst of a pandemic speaks volumes. Using data from the US State Department, covering the months of May, June, and July, we see the following sources of these “refugees” and their new environs:
Arizona: Afghanistan, Burma, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Sudan, and Somalia
California: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Iran, Guatemala, El Salvador, Iraq, Uganda
Colorado: Burma, Sri Lanka, Sudan
Connecticut: Guatemala, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq
Florida: Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, Pakistan, Sudan
Georgia: Burma, Honduras, Iran, Pakistan
Idaho: Syria
Illinois: Burma, Guatemala, Iran, Lebanon, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan
Indiana: Pakistan, Burma
Iowa: Burma
Kentucky: Pakistan, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Maine: Iraq
Maryland: Burma, Pakistan, El Salvador, Sudan
Massachusetts: Bangladesh, Burma, Colombia, El Salvador, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Somalia
Michigan: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, Iraq, Rwanda
Minnesota: Burma, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia
Missouri: Somalia, Sudan, Burma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Montana: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nebraska: Burma, Guatemala, Somalia, Sudan
Nevada: El Salvador, Pakistan
New Jersey: Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Eritrea, Sri Lanka
New York: Afghanistan, Burma, Guatemala, Nepal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria
North Carolina: Burma, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Venezuela, Syria
North Dakota: Somalia
Ohio: El Salvador, Guatemala
Oregon: Burma, Somalia, Sudan
Pennsylvania: Bangladesh, Colombia, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Pakistan
South Carolina: Sri Lanka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Dakota: Sudan
Tennessee: Sudan, South Sudan (so they have a civil war and then they resettle people from both countries in the same city in Nashville, cool)
Texas: Burma, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Uganda
Utah: Burma, Iraq, Sudan
Vermont: Burma
Virginia: Pakistan, Honduras, Iraq
Washington: Burma
West Virginia: Uganda
Wisconsin: Burma, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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