Month: July 2007

The Statistics are coming in!

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    Here are some numbers we have been waiting for!     From fiscal year 1988 through fiscal year 2003 (15 years) the US State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration has admitted 208,702 Muslims from 77 differant countries into the US, that averages 15% of the refugee population over those years.

      Some years were biggies though.   In 1999 for instance we permitted 37,479 Muslim refugees to enter the US,  which represented 44% of that year’s total refugee numbers.

      The top Muslim countries of origin over that time span are Bosnia and Herzegovina (103,107 refugees),  Somalia, (41,626), and coming in at number three, Iraq (21,760).  

      BTW, these numbers are just for refugees,  not for immigration generally.  Imagine what the numbers must be.

            The source for this info. is the Refugee Processing Center Report prepared in 2003.  Since I don’t have a link yet, please e-mail me for more info.  refugeeresettlementwatch@vigilantfreedom.com

     

Refugee Forum scheduled for Hagerstown, MD

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    This will be of particular interest to our readers from the Washington Co. area.   Since there has been controversy over the resettlement of refugees here, a public meeting has been scheduled for citizens to get more information about how this program works, and for those administering the program, to hear what citizens’ concerns are.

     The date has been set for September 19, 2007 at 4 p.m. and will be in Hagerstown.  The exact location has yet to be determined.   As we know more we will report to you here at Refugee Resettlement Watch.

      We understand that the US State Dept. will be sending at least one representative to help explain the program administered by the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.

     This is an important step and one that should be taken everywhere that refugees are being resettled.   People in communities need to know (and have a right to know) how the federal government in conjunction with non-profit groups will change their cities and towns.

     For readers around the country, you should ask for such a public meeting in your community.

Here they come: Malta’s illegal immigrants

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     This is an update of our Malta post of July 16th.   This from Malta Media News today:

200 refugees in Malta will soon be heading towards the United States of America (USA), as the details of a selection process for the resettlement of refugees are in their final stages.

This development, unveiled by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Ambassador to the USA Molly Bordonaro on Thursday, follows May’s announcement that the USA government would resettle 200 refugees to help ease Malta’s illegal immigration burdens.

These are not refugees, these are Malta’s illegal aliens from North Africa who have attempted to get to European countries farther north, but only got as far as Malta.    Its like Mexico asking us to take some of their illegals from El Salvador who just never quite made it to Texas.

I wonder if we could work a deal.  We take 200 of their illegals and they take 200 of ours!

Hold the enthusiasm for “John Doe”

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Just in!    There are questions about the language in the “John Doe” amendment.   Those tricky legislators may have left wiggle room for eager beaver lawyers.  Will report when we know more.

The pollster Frank Luntz, on Laura Ingraham’s radio program today, reported that 52% of voters are extremely angry with Washington, gee I wonder why.

“John Doe” wins and so do you

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     Free speech is alive and well!   We are happy to report that the so-called “John Doe” amendment has been included in the Homeland Security bill voted out of conference committee late last night.  See our previous post on this all important security issue.

     Once the bill is signed by the President you can, without fear of lawsuit, report suspicious behavior to the authorities.   This is another win in only a few weeks for the grassroots citizens of America.

  Remember:   See something, say something!