Never a Kelly fan anyway, but never will be now! As a shill for the RNC it was despicable for her to play into that ‘war on women’ meme. Update August 10: Looks like Fox failed and I’m laughing my head off! Here at Breitbart (Trump jumps in polls post debate!). I am so sick of the establishment and that includes Fox! See also Mark Steynwhere I challenge you to get past the first paragraph without falling off your chair laughing. Update August 9th: At Diana West, the best commentary I have seen on this sorry state of affairs, here.
I’m not going to say much here except that I was very glad to see the discussion of immigration elevated to the level it has reached in the GOP primary contest.
See my previous post on how Americans feel about more immigration.
Some of you may disagree…..
But, it was the Fox moderators themselves (especially Megyn Kelly) who caused me to turn the TV off halfway through last night’s Cleveland debate. They were so obviously doing the bidding of the RNC (Republican National Committee for our foreign readers) that I found it sickening to watch.
One or two gotcha-questions sprinkled throughout the night might have been interesting, but their confrontational and provocative performance from the opening salvo was over-the-top in my opinion. And, if they thought the blatant RNC-ploy of making candidates pledge that they would support the nominee whoever it was, was somehow a good idea, they blew it!
How many of you, may I ask, are going to support anyevery one of the seventeen that could be chosen in the end to represent the party? (LOL! I had to rewrite this!, in my haste I was not clear the first time. See commenter who took me to task!).
I found the earlier debate (withoutthe moderator star-power of Kelly, Wallace and Baier) much more useful and informative.
Toronto, Canada – A new Ipsos global poll finds that fully half (50%) of those citizens surveyed in 24 countries say there are too many immigrants in their country—and almost as many (46%) agree that immigration is causing their country to change in ways they don’t like.
Like it or not (mostly NOT!), here they come!
Against a backdrop where 81% of citizens indicate that over the last five years migrants have increased in their country (and just 30% say immigrants make their country a more interesting place to live) only one in five (21%) citizens surveyed say immigration has had a positive impact on their country; only three in 10 (28%) say immigration has been good for their economy.
Further, half (50%) say immigration has placed too much pressure on public services in their country.
And almost half (45%) of global respondents believe immigrants have made it more difficult for their own people to get jobs in their country(and just 41% say priority should be given to immigrants with higher education and qualifications to fill shortages in professions.)
Here are the averages for each of the questions and the percentage of Americans feeling the same way (go have a look at your country!):
81% of citizens indicate that over the last five years migrants have increased in their country…
US 69%
Half (50%) say there are too many immigrants in their country…
US 49% (More education needed as not enough Americans know how high the numbers are!)
And almost as many (46%) agree that immigration is causing their country to change in ways they don’t like…
US 43% (This number doesn’t jive with the following areas in the survey. They must have asked it first!)
Only one in five (21%) say immigration has had a positive impact…
US 25% (So this means 75% of US respondents must be saying immigration has a negative impact!)
Only three in 10 (28%) say immigration has been good for the economy of their country…
US 30% (Tell Grover Norquist and the Koch Brothers!)
And half (50%) say immigration has placed too much pressure on public services in their country…
US 58%
Almost half (45%) say immigrants in their country have made it more difficult for their own people to get jobs…
US 48%
Four in 10 (41%) believe priority should be given to immigrants with higher education and qualifications to fill professions shortages…
US 35%
Only three in 10 (30%) say immigrants make their country a more interesting place to live…
US 41%
Go here for lots more numbers! Fascinating stuff!
The politicians in places like Italy, France, Germany and Belgium better darn well pay attention! And, LOL! I laughed to see that the Saudis, the Chinese and the Japanese weren’t particularly stressed by immigration—-of course not! They hardly take in any immigrants!
They have noticed the disparity in the numbers too (see our post last evening).
http://meetsarahpalin.blogspot.com/2013/07/syrian-christians-are-asking-why.html
They need to be sending some of this anger toward the US Conference of Catholic Bishops who have been silent while resettling mostly Muslims from the Middle East as US State Department refugee contractors.
From Christian Today:
Catholic archbishops from Iraq and Syria are speaking out in defence of displaced Christians who are having a difficult time in applying for US visas to enable them to escape persecution in their own country and settle in a new land, such as the US, where they can freely practice their faith.
Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq, and Melkite Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart of Aleppo, Syria, spoke recently at the Knights of Columbus 2015 Convention press conference in Philadelphia, describing the plight of Christians in the Middle East, according to the Catholic News Agency.
They said they found out from official US government sources that since October last year, 906 Muslim refugees from Syria have been granted US visas. However, out of the 700,000 displaced Christians from Syria who applied for a US visa during the same period, only 28 succeeded in getting one.
Might not have come to the attention of the White House? Yeh, sure.
The archbishops said the apparent discrimination against Christians in the granting of US visas might not have reached the attention yet of the White House, but they said this is clearly a case of injustice.
“Our people are asking these questions: How come we apply for the American visa and are denied?” Archbishop Warda said. “This is a clear case of persecution. They’re being denied visas while others who have participated (in the violence) or at least were silent can go.”
See the related story here at WNDabout Chaldeans held in a detention center in California while others who came seeking asylum have been let go.
I expect this dreadful news is because the UN/US State Department (and the resettlement contractors) are hopping mad at the slow screening process for those who have been submitted for consideration as permanent refugees. I see parole as a way around serious security screening.
By the way, the percentage of Syrians entering as refugees (so far) still stands at about 94% Muslim for those being placed all over the country. We are not saving the Christians in any big way!
As a leading member of the Jihad Caucus, Senator Dianne Feinstein is happy to bring California more immigrants—Syrian Muslims this time!
Here is the latest news about possible parole for Syrians, from Breitbart (hat tip: Rosemary):
The Obama administration says it may reconsider the use of parole for certain Syrian nationals in addition to its Syrian refugee resettlement effort.
In written responses to Senate Judiciary Immigration and the National Interest Subcommittee Republicans obtained by Breitbart News, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reveal that the U.S.’s effort to resettle thousands of Syrian refugees might not be the only process it will use to bring displaced Syrians to the U.S.
“At the request of more than 70 members of Congress in 2013, USCIS considered whether to establish a parole program for Syrians in Syria but decided that establishing such a program was not warranted. However, as the situation continues to evolve and USCIS continues to engage with stakeholders, USCIS may reconsider the use of parole for certain Syrian nationals,” USCIS wrote in its response to the subcommittee’s question probing whether USCIS is considering a parole program for Syrians.
The State Department has estimated that by the end of FY 2015 the U.S. will have admitted between 1,000-2,000 Syrian refugees. Parole for Syrians, if used, would supplement the refugee resettlement effort.
Parole is an immigration benefit that is intended to be imparted on a case-by-case basis for “urgent humanitarian reasons” or “significant public benefit” for those foreigners who would otherwise be ineligible for entry. It is intended to be a temporary admission, and parolees are expected to depart the U.S. once the reasons for their parole have ended.
More here….
Remember readers that the contractors started out pushing for 12,000-15,000 for this year, and now they and the Jihad Caucus in the Senate would like to see 65,000 as Obama’s parting gift to America.
So where are we?
Fiscal year 2015 ends in just short of 8 weeks (on September 30th) and in the calendar year of 2015 we have admitted 878. Since the first of January 2012 (the year I arbitrarily chose as the beginning of the present Syrian conflict) we have admitted 1,213 Syrian refugees. (See Refugee Processing Center data base, here) Of those, 1,138 practice some form of Islam giving Muslims a 94% share of the total Syrians admitted so far. I don’t expect that percentage to change much as long as we are taking the refugees chosen for us from UN camps. Here are the top ten states receiving mostly Muslim Syrians so far as of August 1, 2015 (go here for our previous accounting). Red number is the number resettled as of the beginning of July.
Texas (146) (137)
California (139) (133)
Illinois (106) (93)
Michigan (81) (59)
Arizona (79) (73)
Florida (70) (60)
Pennsylvania (65) (65)
New Jersey (58) (39)
Massachusetts (47) (44)
Tied for tenth place:
Kentucky (42) (not recorded because not in the top ten in July)
North Carolina (42) (42)
Go here to see the 14 Senators that comprise the Jihad Caucus pushing Obama to admit more Syrians.
I really think it would be only fair if all the Syrians were sent to the home states of the fourteen, don’t you? However, ten of the 14 are not even getting Syrians in any large numbers, but four are getting their wish and their states are in the top ten:
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Yippee I’m getting Syrian Muslims!
Dick Durban (D-IL) The leader of the pack is getting his share! Dropping them in Chicago because diversity will bring strength to that city!
Ed Markey (D-MA) I wonder how many will go to Markey’s home town.
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) The guy worried about the Iranians will have some Syrian Muslims in his home state.
This is a news story from over a week ago that I’ve been meaning to post because it makes one important point among many points about when a town has become a preferred resettlement site.
The point I want to highlight is that, once a “seed” community is established the resettlement contractors, in this case Church World Service and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, will be busy bringing in the family members of the first group and ethnic enclaves will be established!
That is why as I intimated in my previous post that it is very important to learn if your town is being targeted in advance because once your city or town is an established site it is virtually impossible to stop the growth or even control it. Here is the gushing news account about Lancaster at Pennlive which early in the story tells us this:
Jessica Knapp, colonizing Lancaster as director of the Lutheran Refugee Services program there. https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jessica-knapp/5b/607/963
Refugee resettlement in Pennsylvania is among the most robust in the nation with Lancaster second to only Philadelphia in resettlement numbers, said Jessica Knapp, interim coalition facilitator at the Lancaster County Refugee Coalition. More than 500 refugees resettle in Lancaster annually, she said.
Then this is what I want you to focus on (wherever you live):
Lancaster is appealing as a resettlement area for its low cost of living, employment possibilities and the city’s walkability, she added. Over time, as refugees sponsor family members over and the population grows, others may also be drawn to the area for its sizable community.
This is why we now have Minneapolis, MN and Columbus, OH as Somali enclaves, or likewise Ft. Wayne, IN for Burmese and so on. This is what the refugee industry calls ‘secondary migration.’
By the way, it was in Lancaster, PA where I first heard about ‘Pockets of Resistance’and the Office of Refugee Resettlement hiring “Welcoming America” to head off more. Here we have many other posts on Lancaster.
