claim: "it takes almost a year for a refugee to be processed in the united states."
author: jeb bush
evidence_1: oct 5, 2016 ... a total of 38,901 muslim refugees entered the u.s. in fiscal year 2016, making up  almost half (46%) of the nearly 85,000 refugees who entered the country in that  period, according to a pew research center analysis of data from the state  department's refugee processing center. that means the u.s. has ...
evidence_2: nov 17, 2015 ... officials say the refugee screening is the most intensive vetting process of any  group that arrives in the united states. ... about 1,800 over the past year. they've  been placed in dozens of states across ... president obama wants to take in at  least 10,000 between now and next october. republicans came out ...
evidence_3: nov 20, 2015 ... syrians must pass many layers of security checks before being admitted to the  united states, a process that can take two years or longer. in most cases, the  refugees do not enter the united states until the very end. they are also subject  to an additional layer of checks beyond those for refugees of other ...
evidence_4: nov 18, 2015 ... the us used to admit way more refugees. the refugee processing center at the  state department publishes information on how many refugees have arrived in  the us, so i took the past 40 years of data to make the chart above. and what you  see is 3.25 million refugees arriving in the united states since ...
evidence_5: jun 7, 2017 ... source: u.s. department of state, bureau of population, refugees, and migration , “proposed refugee admissions for fiscal year,” various years, and migration  policy institute (mpi) analysis of worldwide refugee admissions processing  system (wraps) data from the state department, bureau of ...