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Don Barnett speaks at New York’s Penn Club on refugees; reports on Tennessee law

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Center for Immigration Studies fellow, Don Barnett of Nashville, TN, recently traveled to New York to make a presentation on the Refugee Resettlement Program and tell the audience about the Tennessee initiative enacted into law last year that attempts to get some local control over the program.  Up until now the US State Department and … Continue reading Don Barnett speaks at New York’s Penn Club on refugees; reports on Tennessee law

Barnett: Trump could take one simple step to give states back the power to withdraw from the refugee program

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Don Barnett lays it out (what Donald Trump could do virtually overnight) in the Washington Times on Tuesday. First some of the background: When the Obama administration raised the refugee admission quota for fiscal 2017 to 110,000, New Jersey, Maine, Kansas and Texas formally withdrew from the resettlement program. Actually, this is a program states … Continue reading Barnett: Trump could take one simple step to give states back the power to withdraw from the refugee program

Barnett: Contractors monopolize US resettlement as it is all about money, not what is best for America

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Don Barnett, a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies reports on how the resettlement contracting business works in an opinion piece in the Washington Times, here on Sunday. In his opening paragraphs he reports on a little known (declassified) report for the National War College published in 2000.  The author was (and may still … Continue reading Barnett: Contractors monopolize US resettlement as it is all about money, not what is best for America

Barnett: "[F]og of ignorance and misinformation around this program" is media's fault

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Editor:  From time to time we post guest columns and other notable comments from readers.  This one is from someone who knows the US Refugee Admissions Program better than anyone else on the outside (LOL! maybe better than some on the inside!). Don Barnett has been following the refugee industry for over 25 years and … Continue reading Barnett: "[F]og of ignorance and misinformation around this program" is media's fault

Catholic Charities Tennessee tries to pretend refugees don’t use welfare for the longterm

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Here is an opinion piece from The Tennessean (published while I was away over the weekend) once again highlighting the problems encountered in many states regarding the supposed speedy self-sufficiency refugees are said to attain upon resettlement.  Even if we didn’t have the facts and figures, it defies logic that tens of thousands of third-worlders, … Continue reading Catholic Charities Tennessee tries to pretend refugees don’t use welfare for the longterm