They are changing America by changing the people
Everybody is a refugee! Update December 9th: Of course they can leave right away, here. I wonder how the true humanitarians feel when the word “refugee”—which they worked so hard for decades to produce only warm and fuzzy feelings of good will in the media and the general public when uttered—is now a dirty word. … Continue reading The newest “refugees”—Guantanamo prisoners sent to Uruguay
This is an article from mid-week, so it’s a little old, but apparently under consideration for housing Haitians is Guantanamo Bay’s Camp Justice. I just wonder how out of the thousands displaced, someone (who?) is going to decide who gets to come to any US facility? Yesterday we heard that thousands are expected in Florida, here. Haitians … Continue reading Another suggestion for Haitian refugees—Guantanamo Bay
Update Feb. 4th: More on Gitmo guys going to Canada here. The National Post of Canada reports: Six Guantanamo Bay detainees, backed by Canadian sponsors, are seeking refugee status in Canada with the pending closure of the U.S. detention centre in Cuba, including three Chinese Muslims who have been cleared of posing a threat to … Continue reading Six Guantanamo detainees are trying to become refugees in Canada
Updating yesterday’s post on the Uighurs, the Washington Post reports: A federal judge today ordered that 17 Chinese Muslims held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison be released into the United States by Friday, agreeing with the detainees’ attorneys that the Constitution bars holding the men indefinitely without cause. It was the first time that … Continue reading Guantanamo Chinese coming to a town near you
According to this article , originally written for the Miami Herald, the US government is anticipating a huge wave of refugees seeking entry into the United States when Fidel Castro dies. I don’t get that—why there would be a human flood when that happens, but apparently work is underway to build an infrastructure to house tens of thousands … Continue reading Refugee camp to be built at Guantanamo