Knowledge is Power VI: Secrecy is Standard Operating Principle for VOLAGs

Editor:  This is the next installment of my ‘Knowledge is Power’ series designed to help new readers and interested media get up to speed on how the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program works (because I simply can’t answer all of the incoming e-mails!). As I told you in ‘Knowledge is Power I,‘ VOLAG stands for Voluntary … Continue reading Knowledge is Power VI: Secrecy is Standard Operating Principle for VOLAGs

Formal request submitted to give TPS to Syrians in the US, volags involved

Since the open borders crowd has been so successful in keeping hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in the US (Salvadorans, Haitians, Liberians,  Somalis etc) through Temporary Protected Status they now want to secure TPS “protection” for Syrians presently in the US due to the turmoil on-going in Syria. So who is next? — TPS … Continue reading Formal request submitted to give TPS to Syrians in the US, volags involved

A new volag? A Kurdish federal government contractor?

Update March 5th:  Two comments on this post were posted elsewhere at RRW, so I’ve highlighted them as ‘comments worth mentioning’ here. I’m posting this in our ‘rumors’ category!   There is a story going around that instead of doing away with the volags (supposedly voluntary government refugee contractors) something I advocate, we are now adding … Continue reading A new volag? A Kurdish federal government contractor?

To the NSC: this is why you need to audit the volags

Readers there are nine volags (supposedly volunteer agencies) contracted by the federal government to resettle refugees. Presently the National Security Council (NSC) is “reforming” the State Department’s Refugee Resettlement Program.*  In my recommendations for reform, here, I said there needs to be put in place requirements for financial audits of the nine volags and their 300 … Continue reading To the NSC: this is why you need to audit the volags

Are volags applying a religious litmus test to volunteers?

Update March 10th:  World Relief won’t hire a Muslim, here. Update March 9th:  Reader defends World Relief, says there is no ‘litmus test’ in Atlanta, here. Hummm!   Here is a letter in The Argonaut, a publication at the University of Idaho, suggesting  just that.  Is it legal? For new readers, the word volag applies to the … Continue reading Are volags applying a religious litmus test to volunteers?