Just one year ago today, Judy and I launched Refugee Resettlement Watch. Our original purpose has not changed—we want to help you, our readers, learn more about this government program which very likely is affecting or will affect your lives. We also believe very strongly that the program is in need of serious scrutiny and reform which we think can only begin when enough people have a complete picture of Refugee Resettlement.
Someone sent a comment not too long ago and said something like: why don’t you write about the good things about refugees? We figure we don’t need to do that because the mainstream media is busy doing puff pieces every day. Our goal is to give you the rest of the story.
My one regret is that I haven’t done as good a job as I would have liked in giving you basic information on your state, but promise to work on that section of RRW soon. I see some daylight coming in my schedule! Like so many people advocating reform, we are not paid to do this work and must squeeze it in between other work and family duties.
On this July first, we have had just short of 90,000 readers this past year. That is nothing compared to the big blogs but we are really pleased with the readership and hope you will put us on your daily ‘must read’ list. Once educated, then please become politically active to help change how all immigration (legal and illegal) is handled in the United States. Frankly, it’s a mess!