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US refugee program needs a complete overhaul

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Published April 24, 2018 4:00am ET
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US refugee program needs a complete overhaul
FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 file photo, migrants from Syria walk towards a refugee camp at Kokkinotrimithia, outside of the capital Nicosia, in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Cyprus' interior ministry says on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, larger European Union member states should take on a fairer share of the burden by accepting more migrants for resettlement from other partners on the bloc's fringes that first receive them. | (Petros Karadjias/AP)

During my career in the State Department, I became a refugee coordinator in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, or USRAP, because I wanted to help and support persecuted persons in legitimate need of international protection. But the pervasive fraud I saw during my eight years in the field was alarming.

It cries out for a fix, and President Trump might just be the person to do it.

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