Matthew Lee (AP reporter): Iraqis admitted to US increasing, but Bush is still bad

Well, by golly, Matthew Lee, intrepid AP reporter is back  (two hours and twenty minutes ago!), but a couple of days late.  Every month like clockwork Mr. Lee bashed the Bush Administration for not admitting enough Iraqi refugees to satisfy the insatiable non-governmental agencies and the volags appetites for new immigrants to resettle in a town … Continue reading Matthew Lee (AP reporter): Iraqis admitted to US increasing, but Bush is still bad

It’s March 31st, do you know where Matthew Lee is tonight?

 Update April 3, 2008:   Still no sign of Mr. Lee’s monthly report to complain about the Bush Administration not bringing enough Iraqis to the US.   I can only conclude that the numbers were up this month and thus it was not worth reporting.    Or, maybe he is waiting for the big pow-wow tomorrow.  Time for our … Continue reading It’s March 31st, do you know where Matthew Lee is tonight?

Tucson area resettlement agency may close; Memory lane! Iraqis unhappy there in 2007

They say they may close if the number of refugees admitted to the US falls as a result of Trump’s 120-day pause on the program. Somehow they seem to think that the flow will pick up because of the Hawaiian judge’s misguided restraining order.  As we have said repeatedly, Trump didn’t need the Executive Order … Continue reading Tucson area resettlement agency may close; Memory lane! Iraqis unhappy there in 2007

Over 110,000 Iraqis have entered the US since the end of the Bush Administration

I’ve been in Washington all day (regarding the refugee program) and am too tired to post much, but ‘Pungentpeppers’ found this news last night and I decided to at least post this today.  From Epoch Times where the reporter reminds us of how the Bush Administration was really concerned about security issues with the Iraqis … Continue reading Over 110,000 Iraqis have entered the US since the end of the Bush Administration

Washington Post beats the drums for more Syrian refugee resettlement to US

It wasn’t long after we first began writing Refugee Resettlement Watch (in 2007) that we saw the media, especially one reporter—Matthew Lee of the Associated Press—begin the drumbeat to bring large numbers of Iraqi refugees to the US.   Here is our entire archive on Lee’s apparently personal mission. Every month as only a “trickle” … Continue reading Washington Post beats the drums for more Syrian refugee resettlement to US