MN Rep Keith Ellison pushing for US to resettle 110,000 refugees beginning on Monday

Rep. Keith Ellison is among 50 or so Congressional members of the House Progressive Caucus who have submitted a Resolution in the House pushing for Trump to return to Obama’s proposed 110,000 ceiling for refugees to be admitted to the US in the coming fiscal year. The story is at the Minnesota Sun entitled: Keith … Continue reading MN Rep Keith Ellison pushing for US to resettle 110,000 refugees beginning on Monday

Rep. Keith Ellison: It’s a new day in Somalia; send money

Update:  Lawlessness and mayhem are back as al-Shabaab attacks the capital—and as our commenters noted earlier. If it’s a new day and Somalia is on the mend, then WHY ARE WE STILL IMPORTING SOMALI REFUGEES?  If Somalis from the ‘diaspora’ are traveling back and forth to Somalia to buy real estate and do business, why … Continue reading Rep. Keith Ellison: It’s a new day in Somalia; send money

Rep. Keith Ellison still working to keep the river of US money flowing to Somalia

This is an update about the activities of US Rep. Keith Ellison of Minneapolis, thanks to a reader. In February, Ellison, the go-to guy for the refugee resettlement industry in Congress, traveled to Mogadishu in order to facilitate keeping the remittance pipeline open from Minnesota to Somalia.   As we reported here in January, up to … Continue reading Rep. Keith Ellison still working to keep the river of US money flowing to Somalia

Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison is the go-to guy in Congress for refugee contractors

Everyone is buzzing about the ‘epic battle’ last night between Sean Hannity and Ellison here on Hannity’s Fox News show. So, I thought this might be a good time to tell readers that Minnesota Rep Ellison, Congress’ first Muslim representative, is carrying the water for so-called volags (refugee contractors) by pushing “reform” of the Refugee … Continue reading Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison is the go-to guy in Congress for refugee contractors

Rep. Keith Ellison pushing bill to free hawala businesses to send money to Somalia

We have written on previous occasions (here is the most recent post) about how banking laws to protect against American money going to terrorists in Somalia have dried up the hawala businesses in places like Minnesota.   Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison is trying to change the laws so money (remittances) can continue to flow at the … Continue reading Rep. Keith Ellison pushing bill to free hawala businesses to send money to Somalia