They are changing America by changing the people
Readers, this is a comment from an Iraqi refugee who has had problems in Kansas City, MO with his resettlement agency, Jewish Vocational Services (JVS) a subcontractor of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI). He is not the first to have problems with JVS. To get the full story you should read back … Continue reading Comment worth noting: Kansas City refugee agency treated us badly
We first reported problems with refugees in Kansas City, MO, here on January 6th. Now, here is an update (I’m a little late since this incident was reported twelve days ago) about one African family featured in the earlier report at The Pitch. This time they lost their heat and electricity. I urge readers to read … Continue reading Kansas City update: profile of an African family’s continued troubles
This is a follow-up to my post the other day about the controversy involving inadequate care of refugees in Kansas City. I mentioned that there were many comments to the original story at The Pitch. Below is a comment from Chris Coen of Friends of Refugees—a group we told you about in March 2008, here. At … Continue reading Friends of Refugees group responds to Kansas City expose’
Update January 7th: Readers may wish to see the critical comments on this article at The Pitch today (click on ‘show comments’ at the top). This a jaw-dropping article by reporter Carolyn Szczepanski for The Pitch and is perhaps one of the most revealing and shocking stories of how the US State Department’s refugee resettlement program … Continue reading Kansas City refugee agency overloaded, refugees suffer
Humm! Sound familiar, same old story, this time it’s Jewish Vocational Services, an affiliate of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) making the news. This article was posted at Kansas City.com in May. We missed it then but it came to our attention when a follow-up article was reported yesterday in the Jewish Chronicle. I’ll … Continue reading USCRI affiliate in Kansas City, MO not taking care of refugees, employees quit (Part 1)