They are changing America by changing the people
I meant to mention this yesterday, the first anniversary of my post about Muslim cleric Yahya Hendi telling the Saudis that things were moving along as planned and that he (Hendi) expected America to elect 30 Muslim Mayors within the next decade.
Please go back and read this post about demographic conquest.
There is so much happening and so little time to comment, so to be sure you aren’t missing refugee and immigrant news from around the world, here are a few nuggets:
Italy declared emergency over illegal immigrants arriving in boats and a few days later 800 more came ashore from Africa.
Some 800 immigrants arrived in Southern Italy on Thursday (31 July), just a few days after the country declared a national state of emergency over what it describes as the “exceptional and persistent influx” of irregular immigrants.
Rohingya Muslim refugees go to New Zealand. To see why this could be a problem for New Zealand, see our category Rohingya Reports here.
New Zealand has already welcomed the Rohingya Refugees from Bangladesh. The first batch of 23 Refugee were resettled on 28th June 2008 that included the members of the Rohingya Youth Development Forum (RYDF), Arakan-Burma.
Japan may soon take refugees. Heretofore Japan has avoided taking refugees but now is working with the UN to start opening its doors.
Critics say Japan is a generous supporter of refugee programs overseas but shuts the door when people seek asylum in its own shores.
North Korean refugee coming to US from Russia.
He is the first North Korean defector to find asylum in the U.S. from Russia, which has refused to recognize North Korean defectors as refugees and approve their seeking of asylum to the U.S. for fear of harming diplomatic ties with the North.
South Africa, the rainbow nation, has a large and growing group of impoverished people—white people! Will South African whites be considered for refugee resettlement some day?
It is not politically correct to talk about white, poor people,” said Dirk Hermann, a senior Solidarity official. “They are the nation’s forgotten people. Zuma’s been surprised by the level of poverty among the white population which is not talked about. They have been poorly served by the government.
We reported to you not long ago that Congress had approved a measure, and I gather the President has signed it, to lift the ban on HIV-positive immigrants to the US. The ban had been in place since the 1980’s.
Now comes a group called “Immigration Equality” that describes itself as follows:
Immigration Equality is a national organization fighting for equality under U.S. immigration law for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV-positive individuals. Founded in 1994 as the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force, we have grown to a membership of 10,000 people in cities all over the country. We are run by a Board of Directors and have full-time staff in our National Headquarters in New York. Immigration Equality is funded by donations from our members as well as generous support from private foundations.
Immigration Equality helps Gays and Lesbians seek asylum in the US. Here is a portion of their website dealing with asylum. I guess their work must be stepped up in recent times as the internet is full of photos of gay men being hanged in Islamic countries like Iran.
Anyway here is what they are telling their members what the next step is to make sure the ban removal is fully implemented.
When the President signs the Pepfar bill (which could be as early as this Wednesday) the statutory HIV ban will be removed. That is, the HIV ban will no longer be written into the Immigration and Nationality Act which is extraordinarily good news. This is just the first step though, in a two step process. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has the authority to decide which illnesses constitute “communicable diseases of public health significance.” Currently, HIV is on this list, meaning that the HIV ban will not immediately be lifted with the passage of Pepfar. So, what happens next?.
We must now set our sights on HHS. and urge them to strike HIV from its list. Immigration Equality is working in coalition with other organizations now to determine the best way to approach HHS. In order for the ban to be fully repealed, HHS will have to issue proposed regulations, allow for public comments, and then issue final regulations. This could be a lengthy (and contentious) process.
Refugees have already been admitted to the US with HIV/AIDS, a reader had previously told us how that has come about here.
By the way, did I mention that the taxpayer will be paying for the treatment of these new immigrants, as we already pay for refugees HIV medicine.
From Catholic News Service:
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two Catholic cardinals called the current U.S. immigration situation “a terrible crisis” and “a dark moment in our nation’s history” in remarks they made July 28 at the opening Mass and plenary session of the 2008 National Migration Conference.
Both Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, and Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles urged participants to hold on to hope in their work with immigrants for local and national church agencies.
The July 28-31 conference attended by more than 850 people was co-sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Relief Services.
There is not one word mentioned that organizations like the US Conference of Catholic Bishops is largely funded by you, the American taxpayer (you paid for this conference as well!). These Catholic organizations receive millions and millions of tax dollars annually for refugee resettlement (we have 5 pages of posts on Catholic Charities involvement alone) and immigrant services of all sort, including Head Start programs and job counseling. So, as the immigrant population declines so will their budgets! I would respect their holier than thow thou arguments if they at least admitted their vested interest in keeping immigrants coming.
One of the ‘good’ Cardinals went on:
Cardinal Mahony more directly took on the failure of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation and the federal enforcement policies that have led to “the separation of families, the harassment and profiling of U.S. citizens and legal residents, the expanded use of detention against those who are not a flight risk or a danger and, tragically, deaths in the United States desert.”
The recent national policy described as “deportation by attrition” has a goal of creating “such a dangerous and unwelcoming atmosphere that immigrants and their families leave the United States because they have no other choice,” said Cardinal Mahony.
It has led to fear among immigrant communities and a hostile atmosphere, “fanning the flames of intolerance, xenophobia and, at times, bigotry,” he continued.
Some of us Catholics don’t need to be lectured and called names. When the Catholic Church does its charitable work with its own private money then it can lecture all it wants. In the meantime, if we are all paying for the upkeep of these organizations then frankly, shut up.
As for “deportation by attrition”, a new study from the Center for Immigration Studies is pointing to just that—illegals seem to be leaving on their own. You can read about this good news here at CIS or in the Washington Post today here.
Some of you are asking what happened with the bill to open the door to HIV-positive immigrants. Since I was away at the end of the week, I didn’t get all the details on final passage in the Senate of the $50 billion bill to provide funds to countries fighting HIV/AIDS and other diseases. The bill passed the Senate with the section intact to lift the ban on HIV-positive immigrants to the US. There are a few more legislative hoops, but last I heard it was on a fast track and expected to be signed by the President.
You can learn more (and get the gory details) about what happened by going to Blue Ridge Forum here.
If you are new to this topic, my previous posts are here and here.