Month: September 2015

Federal refugee resettlement contractors on board—have upped the number to 100,000 Syrians

~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

Only a week ago the US State Department contractors (who we hear are leading the State Dept. by the nose!) are now demanding that Obama admit 100,000 Syrians ASAP when only last week they said they would be satisfied with a mere 65,000.
Remember readers that the so-called “religious groups” mentioned in this article are PAID BY THE HEAD TO RESETTLE REFUGEES and that they decide to which towns and cities they will distribute them.

Rev. John McCullough
The Rev. John McCullough, CEO of Church World Service, pulls down a salary and related income package of just short of $300,000 while competing with other so-called “religious groups” in divvying up third world refugees to your towns and cities. http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2014/134/080/2014-134080201-0b0e1844-9.pdf

Reuters  (Hey Reuters, when are you ever going to do a little research and mention that these are US State Department contractors largely funded with US taxpayer dollars masquerading as Christian and Jewish not-for-profit charities!):

(Reuters) – Religious groups in the United States have urged the White House to step up its response to the Syrian refugee crisis, with one on Tuesday calling Washington’s efforts so far “disappointing.”

Church World Service, a global humanitarian organization that represents 37 Christian denominations, has called on the government to take in 100,000 Syrians over the next year, said Jen Smyers, who works on the group’s immigration and refugee program.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and the Jewish refugee assistance agency HIAS along with secular groups have also backed that figure.

The article goes on to tell us that the Lutherans think (in their infinite wisdom) that “the government’s definition of terrorism is overly broad.”
For new readers, below are the nine federal contractors paid with your tax dollars to resettle refugees in the towns of their choice!

“…assigning refugees to cities in the United States does not fall to the State Department. Those decisions are made by a consortium of nine national nongovernmental organizations.”

By the way, if your local church is doing a “Crop Walk,” then you are raising money for Church World Service which has 5 other employees in 6-figure salaries in addition to McCullough.
Reminder!  Obama will be making the all important decision on refugees for FY2016 any day now.

Seattle: Group forms to bring more Syrians to Washington state

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I suspect this is happening in other cities too—immigrant activists meeting to see how to get more of their mostly Muslim countrymen into the US.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 24: U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) (2nd L) speaks to members of the media as Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (R), Senate Minority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) (L), and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (3rd L) listen the weekly Democratic Policy Luncheon March 24, 2015 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats held the luncheon to discuss Democratic agenda. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Washington Democratic Senator Patty Murray followed Dick Durban’s (D-IL) lead in pushing Obama to admit 65,000 Syrians in FY2016.

If there are any ‘pockets of resistance’ in Washington state be sure to check out who the Syrian activists are and plan to attend their next meeting.
From the Seattle Globalist (no mention of persecuted Christians):

Dozens of Seattle-area residents gathered over the weekend to brainstorm ways to help people fleeing the war in Syria — including bringing more refugees into the state.

[….]

In Seattle, Hussein Ali, a Syrian immigrant who overcame challenges to move his family from Damascus to the U.S., quickly organized the event to make action plans. Ali says he wants the community to pressure their Congressional representatives to increase the limit of 8,000 Syrian refugees allowed into the U.S.

[….]

The next gathering is planned for Sept. 13 at the University of Washington. The group has a new page on Facebook.

It won’t take much to pressure one of their US Senators as Senator Patty Murray is a member in good standing of the Senate ‘Jihad Caucus’ which has gone on record to promote the resettlement of 65,000 Syrians to your towns across America.
Search RRW for more on Seattle, but don’t miss this post about the Seattle low income housing crisis because so many Somali refugees are occupying those units.  Syrians and Somalis will soon be squabbling over housing!
Reminder!  The timing could not be better for Obama. He sends his annual determination letter to Congress this month! Will your Member of Congress or US Senator say a critical word about it?

National Security Spokesman: Obama poised to resettle Syrians

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Of course we are already taking Syrian refugees, but the implication is that the US may dramatically boost the numbers.
This is the latest news reported by Leo Hohmann of World Net Daily earlier this evening.  As we have said previously, Hohmann’s familiarity with the refugee issue allows him to add background to each of his articles making it easier for readers new to the subject to ‘get caught up’ fairly quickly.
He begins with news from AP today.  I thought it was interesting to see that it is Obama’s national security team releasing this little nugget and not the US State Department.  Fitting I suppose since it is the national security piece that most Americans have foremost on their minds as they watch footage of aggressive young men rushing trains and fighting among each other as they try to get to Germany (and other ‘welcoming’ countries offering generous ‘social services’).

Peter Boogaard
Peter Boogaard, described as a spokesman for the National Security Council, says “refugee resettlement” (to the US) is being considered to help Europe better manage its migration crisis (aka the invasion). Photo: https://twitter.com/PBoogaardDHS

The Obama administration is “actively considering” ways to help relieve the European migrant crisis, and among the options on the table is a massive resettlement of “refugees” inside the United States.

Peter Boogaard, a spokesman for the National Security Council, told the Associate Press the United States is in contact with countries in the Middle East and Europe grappling with the migration of nearly 400,000 Middle Eastern and African migrants into Europe.

Boogaard did not elaborate on specific measures being considered, but said they included “refugee resettlement.”

“Many are fleeing the civil war in Syria and areas in Iraq under the control of Islamic State militants,” the AP reported.

But a closer look at the United Nations refugee agency’s data shows that “many” of these so-called refugees are likely not refugees at all.

According to data from the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, 75 percent of the migrants who arrived on European soil are men, while 13 percent are children and 12 percent women.

What’s more, only a slight majority of the refugees are Syrian, at 51 percent. The remainder are from all over the Middle East and North Africa and many have purchased the passports of dead Syrians.

Continue reading.
The timing is propitious!
Hohmann quotes me as speculating that the Obama Administration could make some grand announcement when Pope Francis arrives in Washington later this month. (LOL! Gee how many ‘refugee’ families will the Obama’s invite to live in the White House?) Whether he does it then (to get the most for his PR buck), or at some other point this month, readers here know that conveniently Obama’s decision for how many refugees we take for FY2016 is due in Congress before September 30th anyway.
Congress has a “consultation” role, but as far as I know, they have never taken any action to question what the President wants, which for this president has been 70,000 refugees (a year) total from all countries combined.  The resettlement contractors are demanding he more than double that number to accommodate the admission of anywhere from 65,000-100,000 Syrians in the coming year (an astronomical number!).

Trump: "possibly" bring some Syrians to the US

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This news is four days old, but I heard it tonight on Fox as I arrived home from DC.

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Which Syrians Donald?

Here is what CNN reported over the holiday (and Fox repeated):

(CNN)Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Friday that the Syrian refugee crisis is “so horrible” that he would consider allowing the U.S. to accept some of the displaced refugees.

When asked whether the United States should assist European countries and accept some of the refugees on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Trump said, “We have so many problems, and the answer is, possibly, yes.”

All I can say is that by now Trump has access to some of the most knowledgeable people in the country on immigration issues and he better get boned-up on this issue pretty quickly because the question (and decision by Obama) of the number of Syrian refugees the US will be dropping off in your towns is coming at us like a freight train.

I’ll be very surprised if candidates are not asked about our refugee policy at the upcoming CNN debate.

The most important question is how many, but not far behind is the one I have not heard one mainstream media outlet mention—will we be taking in mostly Muslim Syrians as we have already?  Or, are we going to prioritize the persecuted Christians? I think the average America, who knows nothing about what is going on with refugees, simply ASSUMES the Christians are at the head of the line when in fact they are not!

And, not far behind the questions about number and religion is another biggie—are we going to forego normal security screening?

***Update***  

A reader tells us how you can get in touch with Trump:

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/contact/

I send him Tweets everyday at

@realdonaldtrump

He requested policy suggestions at email

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RRW Weekly roundup for week ending September 5, 2015

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It would be an understatement to say that this issue, which has been bubbling just under the surface for the last eight years I’ve followed it (and for years before that I am sure), is finally making center stage thanks to the migrant invasion of Europe we are watching before our very eyes!
I didn’t get around to my weekly roundup over the weekend because writing about the news is so much more fun!
However, I know some of you look for the roundup, so here it is!   Also, it is an opportunity for me to give some instructions to our many new readers about how RR works, where to find information and so forth.
If things continue like this we will be breaking all records in terms of readership this month.
By the way, our original youtube video is now up to 1.4 million views.  65,000! Syrians is at 12,600 and it needs to get around more because the lobbying push is on by the resettlement contractors to get that many or more into the US before Obama leaves office!

Don’t forget!  Please sign the petition!  

Here are the Top Three Posts of last week (top daily posts in the right hand sidebar):

1)Why should US/Europe take Syrian refugees while Gulf Arab states take ZERO?

2)Our fact sheet (which needs updating!)

3)Petition to the White House: Bring in 65,000 mostly Muslim Syrians to live permanently in US!

 

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P.S.  I am off to DC shortly and will be gone until late on Tuesday, September 8th.  I’ll be making a presentation on this topic to a large group.  I’m mentioning this because I will be even worse than usual at answering anything or posting comments.