With the Democrats stalling the approval of the President’s political appointees, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson faces a huge problem in cleaning his house of Clinton-Obama holdovers embedded in the State Department.  One crucial position is that of Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.  As the Secretary is surely aware, the U.S. takes in more than twice as many refugees as the rest of the industrialized world combined.  In recent years, up to 95% of the refugees coming to the U.S. were referred by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) or were the relatives of UN-selected refugees.  Thus, the UN effectively dictates much of U.S. immigration policy. Under the previous administration, the program gradually shifted towards the resettlement of refugees from Muslim countries.  This has resulted in a bias against those of other religious persuasions, even those suffering severe religious...(Read Full Article)