So what else is new! We hear this everywhere. If the economy continues to slide more refugees will require more public assistance to survive and these government contractors, like World Relief (not wanting to lose their jobs funded by the feds), will still be agitating to bring in more refugees.
From the High Point Enterprise (you will have to register to read the whole story):
HIGH POINT – The 2.6 million jobs lost in 2008 created unemployment woes for Americans, and even harder struggles for refugees who sought a haven in the land of opportunity.
From October 2007 to September 2008, about 370 refugees came to High Point with World Relief, a nonprofit organization that has helped resettle refugees in 21 U.S. cities for 22 years.
The refugees came from Myanmar (Burma), Iraq, Iran, Cuba, Vietnam, Bhutan, Somalia, Sudan and Burundi, and though currently about 118 refugees are employed, 62 motivated people in High Point who are eager to work are without jobs to satisfy. Many come with limited English skills, making employment even harder, especially under such economic circumstances.
“This is by far the highest number of employable adults without work we have ever experienced,” said Mark Kadel, affiliate director for World Relief in High Point, adding that locations throughout the United States are experiencing the same difficulties.
Note that an impediment to employment is their inability to speak English. Gee maybe we could send them all to Nashville where English doesn’t matter. Maybe Mr. Oreck can employ them all.
This last paragraph is a reference to the Iraqis. We have reported previously that Iraqis are not finding work in North Carolina (oh, and in at least 14 other states!):
Many refugees who resettle in America are qualified to work higher-paying jobs, but have left lives as doctors and lawyers in their home countries and taken severe cuts in pay and status to come to the United States.