Posted on the door of Catholic Charities office in Nashville. I wonder when the “and Child Welfare Program” was added to the sign?
Update July 19th: Tennessean responds to ‘Imagine 2050’ here.
Update July 16th: We learn that hard Left ‘Imagine 2050’ attacks Tennesseans calling them “nativists” here.
Update July 15th: New alert today in Tennessee, here.
Update July 12th: Every day since this was first posted (July 7) it has remained at the very top of our Top Posts!
Editor: This is an action alert making the rounds in Tennessee. Use it as a model for what you can do to protect your state and our national sovereignty!
Do Federal Contractors Plan to Bring Illegals Surging the Border to Tennessee?
Before Tennessee Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander voted YES on amnesty they were advised by border law enforcement that a YES on amnesty would likely result in a border surge.
Sen. Corker is the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that has jurisdiction over the U.S. refugee resettlement program. Illegal minors crossing the border are treated as conditional refugees pending a deportation hearing where they may or may not show up.
Sen. Alexander is on the Senate Appropriations Sub-committee that approved $1.94 billion to help Obama with his border surge problem; an increase of over a billion dollars from last year. This money will be diverted from other social service programs. Federal refugee resettlement contractors are now complaining that they will be losing public money they use to support their refugee resettlement businesses. They are advocating that more public money be appropriated for their use.
Federal refugee resettlement contractor Catholic Charities that runs the program in TN does not currently resettle “unaccompanied alien children” (UAC). These are the illegals currently surging the border. 90,000 UACs are expected this year with estimates up to 150,000 in 2015.
On July 10th, resettlement agencies that do not currently resettle UACs, will be on a conference call with the Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Why? Historically in Tennessee, refugee resettlement agencies like Catholic Charities have not taken UACs. But, more federal refugee contractors are needed to handle the surge. So the federal government is trying to find places to set up “emergency shelters” where the UACs can be housed.
Catholic Charities of TN, has said they plan to expand the federal refugee resettlement program in Tennessee. Since taking over the program they have increased the number of people being brought to Tennessee by 66%. They are paid for each person they bring to Tennessee.
Then they enroll their clients into TennCare which the citizens of Tennessee subsidize.
The state of Tennessee has absolutely no say about whether or how many people the federal refugee contractors bring. If Catholic Charities decides to say YES and open emergency shelters in Tennessee, it will be one more example of the federal government trying to force the State to fix a problem created by federal policies.
California Democrat Sen. Diane Feinstein said, “…my staff learned that many of the children were smuggled across the border after hearing radio ads promising they would not be deported…[and that], religious organizations are spreading the same message.” Also, border agents have recovered “cheat sheets”of prepared answers that will help avert deportation. Evidence of communicable diseases and/or affiliation with gangs like MS-13 do not bar minors from U.S. entry.
Residents of Lawrenceville, VA protested loudly enough against the opening of a shelter in their community, so the federal government decided to go elsewhere. Democrat leaders in Baltimore, MD also rejected plans for an emergency shelter.
Will that “elsewhere” be in Tennessee communities? Make your voice heard:
Tennesseans need to contact pro-amnesty Senators Corker and Alexander and your House representative and tell them the following:
• Secure the border before any other action is taken
• No emergency shelters for UACs to be opened in TN
• All refugee resettlement to be halted until the surge at the border is resolved
• No to amnesty
Sen. Bob Corker: DC: 202-224-3344 Fax: 202-228-0566
to email: http://www.corker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactme
Sen. Lamar Alexander: DC: (202) 224-4944 Fax: (202) 228-3398
to email: http://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
Please pass this on
About that poster on Catholic Charities door: there doesn’t seem to be any mention of child welfare on their website. For the many new readers arriving here, remember Catholic Charities and the federal government make all the decisions regarding which refugees and how many are sent to Tennessee!
By the way, Tennessee has been labeled a “pocket of resistance”by the Office of Refugee Resettlement and its contractors.
See all of our coverage of the ‘unaccompanied minors’ invasion of America by clicking here. There are dozens of posts spanning several years in the archive.
VDARE posted a call to action last night for you to contact your state refugee coordinator this week and ask: are the unaccompanied alien minors(UACs) coming to your state?
And, by the way, the federal refugeecontractors have action alerts outthis week to their open borders activists to call Congress for more money for them (the children and the contractor)!
Protesters turn back Homeland Security buses in Murietta, CA last week. http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2014/07/01/protesters-turn-back-busloads-immigrants-murrieta/11945751/
Hard information on the phony refugee (“The children!”) surge at the Southwest border is hard to come by. This is true even if you’re a congressman—when Jim Bidenstine (R- OK) showed up at a holding camp in his home state he was stonewalled.
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Between the ballot boxes (months away) and “the streets” (rare to nonexistent in American history) there’s citizen pressure on our despotic elites and their kept bureaucrats.
This is where VDARE.com readers come in. Are swarms of “The children!” coming to your state?
If they are, your state’s refugee coordinator will probably be among the first to know.So phone “your” coordinator – contact information is below—and, politely, ask basic questions such as Where? When? How Many? and What’s it going to cost state and local taxpayers?
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The week starting Monday, July 7 is the time to phone, as VDARE.com has learned that at least some of the coordinators will be on a conference call with the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement during the week. It will help if the coordinators are made to understand that many of their fellow citizens are very concerned.
Read it all for more information and to follow the links!
Here and below is a complete list of Refugee resettlement employees in your state, if you can’t get the coordinator, try one of the others especially see the contact information for “regional reps.” Even those “health coordinators” are going to be informed in light of the health issues the “children” will be bringing to the state.
Alabama
State Refugee Coordinator: Jana Curran 251.432.2727
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Catherine Potter 251.432.2727
ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt404.562.2847
ORR Wilson/Fish Program Manager: Carl Rubenstein202.205.5933
State Refugee Coordinator: Thuan Nguyen916.654.4356
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Marisa Ramos916.552.8252
ORR State Analyst: Goli Bellinger202.401.5144
ORR Wilson/Fish Program Manager: Carl Rubenstein202.205.5933
State Refugee Coordinator: Hiram A. Ruiz786.257.5189 or 305.763.9040 (mobile)
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Kelly A. Browne850.245.4444 x2306
ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt404.562.2847
Georgia
State Refugee Coordinator: Michael Singleton404.657.5118
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Monica L. Vargas 404.679.4981 ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt404.562.2847
State Refugee Coordinator: Jan A. Reeves208.336.4222
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Collin Elias208.334.0696
ORR State Analyst and Wilson/Fish Program Manager: Carl Rubenstein202.205.5933
State Refugee Coordinator: John Wilken515.283.7904
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Allan Lynch515.281.7504
ORR State Analyst: Ramon Colon202.401.5085
State Refugee Coordinator: Becky Jordan502.873.2560 x250
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Allison Pauly 502.873.2560 x116
ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt404.562.2847
Louisiana
State Refugee Coordinator: Julie Ward 225.242.0311
ORR State Analyst: Pierrot Rugaba202.401.6891
ORR Wilson/Fish Program Manager: Carl Rubenstein202.205.5933
Maine
State Refugee Coordinator: Catherine S. Yomoah207.797.2938
Refugee Health Coordinator: TBD
ORR State Analyst: Goli Bellinger202.401.5144
Maryland
State Refugee Coordinator: Ann Flagg 410.767.2346
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Dipti D. Shah410.767.6664
ORR State Analyst: Rezene Hagos202.205.8051
State Refugee Coordinator: Al Horn517.241.7819
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Al Horn517.241.7819
ORR State Analyst: Goran Debelnogich202.260.7143
Minnesota
State Refugee Coordinator: Gus Avenido651.431.3837
State Refugee Health Coordinator (Acting): Blain Mamo651.201.5535
ORR State Analyst: Lorraine Berry 202.401.5532
State Refugee Coordinator: Steve Milburn 573.751.6789
State Refugee Health Coordinator: David Oeser573.751.6411
ORR State Analyst: Lorraine Berry 202.401.5532
State Refugee Coordinator: Annette Riordan609.631.4534
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Anne Fox609.588.7500
ORR State Analyst: Goli Bellinger202.401.5144
State Refugee Coordinator: Marlene Myers919.527.6304
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Jennifer Reed Morillo919.733.7286 x112
ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt404.562.2847
State Refugee Coordinator: Dorothy Addison803.898.0989
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Kate Habicht803.898.0575
ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt404.562.2847
State Refugee Coordinator: Holly Johnson615.352.9520 x222
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Michael Evans615.352.9520 x224
ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt404.562.2847
ORR Wilson/Fish Program Manager: Carl Rubenstein202.205.5933
State Refugee Coordinator: Gerald Brown801.526.9787
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Amelia Self 801.538.6221
ORR Regional Representative: Dee Daniels Scriven303.844.1147
State Refugee Coordinator: Kathy Cooper804.726.7927
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Jill Grumbine804.864.7911
ORR State Analyst: Rezene Hagos202.205.8051
Washington
State Refugee Coordinator: Tom Medina360.725.4636
State Refugee Health Coordinator: Jasmine Matheson 206.418.5603
ORR State Analyst: Makda Belay202.401.5087
Be sure to see Neil Munro’s good post at the Daily Caller. Many of the UIATMs have already been moved to a town near you! http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/05/border-meltdown-obama-delivering-290000-illegals-to-u-s-homes/
When we first began reporting on the illegal aliens who are under 18 years old, they were called ‘unaccompanied minors.’ That was a few years ago. More recently they became ‘unaccompanied alien children’ (UACs) in government lingo. Now we learn that the word alien has been dropped in favor of ‘unaccompanied children.’ Here at Breitbart.
We note that in the big lobbying push by the contractors*** for more of your money (for the children), here for example, that they are calling the youthful law breakers—UICs—which stands for the politically-correct ‘unaccompanied immigrant children.’
How about the more accurate acronym UIATMs–unaccompanied illegal alien teenaged males—a little awkward, but more accurate.
All of our previous coverage of ‘unaccompanied minors’ ishere.
Call your state’s refugee resettlement coordinator, here, and find out if you will be getting some “children” too! And, while you are at it, call the contractors too—looks like all of them are getting federal cashola for the children.
Here is one more in a spate of stories ginned-up by the federal refugee contractors***and their 350 subcontractorsto bring media attention to their supposed plight. Waahhhh! We are going to lose funding because of the flood of illegal alien teens (unaccompanied minors) now being treated as asylum-seekers by the Obama Administration (which by the way, the contractors helped encourage to come to America!).
Not enough money, stop bringing refugees into the US this year (and next year too).
These people remind me of animal hoarders with a psychological ailment who fill their homes with cats, don’t have the finances to care for them properly, and don’t know when to stop!
From The Tennessean (hat tip: Joanne). LOL! You can always count on The Tennessean to help Catholic Charities whine! Emphasis below is mine:
A surge in children illegally crossing the southwestern U.S. border in recent months may soon have an unexpected impact on refugees living in Nashville.
Last week, President Barack Obama asked Congress for more than $2 billion in emergency funds to help address a growing crisis along the Rio Grande, where more than 52,000 children traveling alone and 40,000 women with children have been apprehended illegally crossing the border since October.
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Holly Johnson, Catholic Charities of Tennessee, decides which ethnic groups and how many refugees will come to the state. The state has no say in the matter. http://www.cctenn.org/node/531
The president’s solution would involve redirecting funding already budgeted for refugee programs across the country. Tennessee stands to lose more than $1.6 million of its annual $11 million budget. The cuts would hit programs designed to serve elderly refugees, children in schools and preventive health care for refugees, according to Holly Johnson, state refugee coordinator for the Tennessee Office of Refugees.
The president’s proposal puts refugee advocates in an uncomfortable position, pitting the needs of the population they serve against those of the newly arrived children….[Too bad! Maybe the Catholic priests and lobbyists who went to Central America late last year shouldn’t have encouraged the migrants to start moving north!—ed]
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Tennessee accepted more than 1,600 refugees in the last fiscal year. Most of the refugees arriving in Tennessee come from Iraq, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia and Iran. Refugees, by definition, have fled or been forced to leave their countries to escape violence, persecution or natural disaster.
Definition of a Refugee
Tick me off! Note how reporters just parrot what the contractors tell them about the definition of a refugee. This has been going on for years—the open borders lobby re-defining “refugee” until it means anything they want, including kids who supposedly are fleeing gang violence.
Here is the definition of a refugee as updated in 1967 (from the original 1951 UN Convention):
“A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it..”[8]
Do you see anything in there about wars, violence or natural disasters? Refugees and asylum seekers are supposed to be able to prove they are being persecuted! Economic migrants and people who claim they are fleeing crime are not refugees!
See, US Catholic Bishops call the illegal aliens, refugees, here.
For our growing readership, all of our posts going back several years on ‘unaccompanied minors’ are here.
Or, so they would like it to be forbidden! Think about this! The UN High Commissioner for Refugees is telling certain countries (to start with! others will be next!) to allow anyone claiming asylum to simply roam free and get “services.”
Who the hell do they think they are!
And, why countries that want to save themselves from invasion don’t just get out of the UN is beyond me.
One-worlder Volker Turk: Detaining people is not the answer. Let them roam free and give them “services.” http://www.cassese-initiative.org/global-education/summer-schools/faculty/9-global-education/73-turk-bio.html
LOL! One of the countries the UN is telling to release asylum seekers is Mexico—well obviously Mexico is not detaining the tens of thousands of asylum-seeking “children” passing through Mexico to get to the US border.***
And, note that the UN is not (yet) telling the US to stop detaining illegal migrants.
The UN refugee agency yesterday issued a new global strategy aimed at helping countries move away from the detention of asylum seekers, refugees and stateless people worldwide.
Detention of asylum-seekers and refugees has become routine in a number of countries. It has serious lasting effects on individuals and families and the UNHCR said that it is concerned about the growing use of immigration detention, particularly of children.
The new strategy, ‘Beyond Detention’, calls firstly for an end to the detention of children, secondly to ensure that alternatives to detention are available in law and that they are implemented, and thirdly to ensure that conditions of detention – when unavoidable – fully meet international human rights standards.
“Seeking asylum is lawful and the exercise of a fundamental human right,” UNHCR’s Director of International Protection Volker Türk said “The detention of asylum-seekers as a routine response should be avoided. These are people who need protection. We are ready to work with governments on this, particularly to end the practice of detaining asylum-seeking children.” [Who isn’t an asylum seeker these days?—ed]
Türk said that the UNHCR recognised that irregular entry or stay presented many challenges to countries, but he said that detaining people was not the answer. “UNHCR recommends that people seeking asylum be properly received, allowed freedom of movement and access to services in the community.Seeking asylum is not illegal under international law and people have a right to be treated humanely and with dignity.”
UNHCR has identified a number of countries to work with initially to revisit detention practices and to strengthen alternatives to detention, including Malta, Hungary, Indonesia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Thailand, UK and Zambia. UNHCR plans to expand this group of countries over the coming five years.
The international Left is busy, busy, busy these days!
Follow our history of poor little Malta as it became a target for illegal aliens especially when the US State Department (egged-on by Malta’s Jesuits) started taking some of their illegal economic migrants to America calling them refugees. One could write a book about the ‘invasion of Europe’ and how Malta became a beach head. See our ‘Invasion of Europe’ series by clicking here.
*** Seeall of our postson the invasion of the US by ‘unaccompanied minors.’ Forgotten in all of the hullabaloo is that legitimate asylum-seekers are, by international law, supposed to ask for asylum in the first safe country in which they arrive. They are not supposed to be shopping for countries of their choice! All of those “vulnerable” kids should have asked for asylum in Mexico!
