Obama Welcomes 10,000th Syrian Refugee To America

The 10,000th Syrian refugee will arrive in the United States on Monday — meeting a humanitarian goal the Obama administration set last year. The US has traditionally been a generous host for refugees but has been criticized by activists for moving too slowly to respond to the Syrian crisis, which has dragged on for more than five years. The US president sought a sixfold increase in the number of Syrian refugees provided safe haven in the United States.