State Dept. Press Briefing, Part IV, so what happened to the Christians?

I hope this is my last post on the State Dept. Press briefing of February 4th.    You can see Parts I to III here.   We had been told all along that one major purpose of the original Kennedy bill on Iraqi Refugees was to assure that religious minorities and others would have a way to escape persecution by … Continue reading State Dept. Press Briefing, Part IV, so what happened to the Christians?

State Dept. Briefing on Iraqi Refugees, Part III, “How much is this?”

 Your tax dollars: This is the third in a  series of posts on the State Department Iraqi Refugee Briefing of February 4, see Part II yesterday.   The exchange that follows occured in the briefing right after the question about exactly how many Iraqi displaced persons are coming in this fiscal year that ends September 30th.   We heard it was 12,000 … Continue reading State Dept. Briefing on Iraqi Refugees, Part III, “How much is this?”

State Dept. Briefing on Iraqi Refugees, Part II, how many exactly?

This is Part II in a series on the February 4th State Dept. briefing on the Iraqi displaced persons issue.  See Part I here.   We are bringing these additional points to you because the coverage we saw in the mainstream media missed a few nuggets! When the President signed into law the “Refugee Crisis in … Continue reading State Dept. Briefing on Iraqi Refugees, Part II, how many exactly?

State Dept. briefing on Iraqi refugees, Part I, “gosh I missed my flight”

On February 4th representatives of the US State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security held a joint press briefing on the Iraqi refugee situation and on the new “Kennedy” Iraqi refugee bill that President Bush signed into law last week.  We have posted on issues raised in that briefing here, here, and here.    However, there … Continue reading State Dept. briefing on Iraqi refugees, Part I, “gosh I missed my flight”

Trump Watch! Nothing yet on slowing immigration (including refugees); ask the State Dept!

He said he would do it on day one.  No sign of anything happening today, on day 4, and it sure looks like his White House doesn’t even have refugees on its radar. However, John Binder writing at Breitbart yesterday postulates that something on refugees will be coming sooner than expected. Really? It is already … Continue reading Trump Watch! Nothing yet on slowing immigration (including refugees); ask the State Dept!