In my previous post I mentioned that Catholic Charities and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops are resettling refugees of all religions pretty much wherever they set up an office. Now, we learn that Catholic Charities of Tennessee doesn’t need any involvement from the State to run the federal refugee program there. I guess there isn’t much of a States Rights movement in Tennessee these days?
In my opinion this is one more erosion of the rights granted to states by the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution. Let’s get some lawyers on this!
From The Chattanoogan:
The Tennessee Office for Refugees (TOR) at Catholic Charities of Tennessee has been designated by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to administer $9+ million in annual federal funding for refugee services statewide for the next four years.
TOR previously was ORR’s interim replacement designee in Tennessee to administer funds and services after a decision in late 2007 by the State of Tennessee’s Department of Human Services to cease participation in the refugee programs. TOR now has “permanent” status under the Wilson-Fish (WF) program, an alternative to traditional state-administered refugee resettlement programs. The Tennessee Office for Refugees at Catholic Charities is one of 13 Wilson-Fish programs in the United States.
Doesn’t the state legislature in Tennessee have some say about what rights the TN Department of Human Services can just give away?
If you live in one of these 10 states or one county, you too have given your state’s rights away (or partially away) to an open borders non-profit (a federal contractor) and the federal government:
Alabama
Alaska
Idaho
Kentucky
Louisiana
Nevada
North Dakota
South Dakota
Vermont
Tennessee
San Diego County