This is another of those same old stories about how Iraqi refugees can’t find employment and are suffering in America. We probably have thirty such stories already. Just change the names of the refugees and their resettlement city and its the same lament. And, of course the International Refugee Committee is always in there begging for more taxpayer money.
You can read the whole thing here yourself. But, this caught my eye near the end.
Odeesh, his wife, Manal Harmiz, and their children, ages 11 to 23, live in a second-floor apartment near downtown El Cajon. The furniture — and a computer and flat-screen television — were given to them by Sabah Toma, a cousin who lives in La Mesa.
Toma, who came to San Diego County from Iraq in 1982, has helped bring over 63 relatives.
He owns San Diego Ice Machine, along with five convenience and liquor stores where many of his relatives work.
Toma said he’s trying to find a job for Odeesh, but it’s difficult in a tough economy.
“I have always told him, ‘When it’s your turn,’ ” Toma said. “You’ve got to go one step at a time.”
Holy cow! Sixty three relatives! I guess that is one way to be sure you have cheap labor!
Last year we told you that family reunification had been closed mostly from Africa when the State Department had discovered widespread fraud through DNA testing. Maybe they should do a little random testing among these Iraqis!
By the way, this article also tells us that the San Diego area of California has the second highest population of Iraqi refugees outside of the Detroit area of Michigan. Both states are near the top of the unemployment charts.