New Hampshire readers (others too!) need to send yesterday’s World Net Daily story to Nashua’s mayor!
Titled, ‘Another US city protests influx of refugees,’ the article (a must-read) is a broad overview of cities across America where mayors are asking questions and demanding the flow stop (or in the case of Athens, GA not even begin). Once an agency gets a foothold, they won’t stop at 150!
This article in the Nashua Telegraph requires a subscription. Here is a bit of it from a reader who is a subscriber.
And, LOL!, check it out, Lutheran Social Services of New England has changed its name. By the way, this is a prime example of how these resettlement contractors (whatever they re-name themselves) overload certain cities then spread out from there. They are running out of “welcoming” places to drop-off refugees!
Three years ago, the mayor of Manchester asked officials to stop resettling families in the state’s largest city.
And just last year, Nashua’s mayor urged caution when about 50 refugees were set to come here, saying the city needed to make sure the appropriate services were in place.
“I want to make sure that the refugees that are resettled in Nashua are successful,” Lozeau said last year.
“We’ve got to make sure the school they may be going to will be prepared to assist them, that they have safe and affordable housing in a location that’s appropriate.”
Resettlement has been a coordinated effort among city services, volunteer groups and the School District, said Amy Marchildon, program director of the New Hampshire arm of refugee placement agency Ascentria Services for New Americans, formerly Lutheran Social Services of New England.
The organization works with people seeking asylum and secondary migrants, placing them primarily in Laconia, Concord and Nashua.
“There is a real network of support in social services and volunteer support … and a lot of support from the city,” Marchildon said.
Historically, Nashua has received few refugees compared with other New Hampshire communities.
Manchester has received more than 4,400 refugees since 1998, while Concord took in more than 1,600 and Laconia received nearly 500.
But the state’s second largest city took in only 218 refugees during that time, according to resettlement figures from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Lozeau said city agencies have come together to meet the impending influx of refugees.
There is more to the news, but you may have to subscribe to get it.
See our very extensive archive on New Hampshire by clicking here. See also this June 2013 post where the Office of Refugee Resettlement already said that New Hampshire had “pockets of resistance.” I wonder, did ORR send “Welcoming America” to Nashua?