Sessions: 27,265 ‘refugees’ from terror nations entered U.S. this year

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Outspoken immigration critic Sen. Jeff Sessions on Wednesday released State Department immigration statistics showing that over 27,000 “refugees” from five terrorist nations have been allowed into the United States just this fiscal year.

Overall, some 61,232 refugees have been resettled all around the country, and the Alabama Republican and Trump advisor said that the lame duck Obama administration wants to push that number to 100,000 next year, including 10,000 Syrians.

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