It is Secretary of State Pompeo who is collecting letters from governors and local elected officials about whether they are opting-in or opting-out of the US Refugee Admission Program.
(Yesterday I posted a sample letter that you might use as a template when you write to your governor or county commission.)
Since the governors who have already said YES (how many we don’t know) to ‘welcoming’ more poverty for local and state taxpayers to support are likely round-filing (trashing!) your letters, why not send a copy directly to the Secretary of State.
If your governor has, or hasn’t, opted-in or out, then still send a letter to the US State Department.
Frankly, this whole exercise is a barometer for the President. We assume he will be reelected, and so during the next five years we expect him to make serious changes to how we resettle refugees (if we resettle refugees). He needs to know that you care.
Send your letters to:
Secretary Michael R. Pompeo
U.S. Department of State
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Carol T. O’Connell
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State
Just now I reportedon how the New York Times covered the Burleigh County North Dakota hearing and vote on whether that county would say yes, or no, to MORE refugees in the coming year.
A few paragraphs near the end of the biased report, which never mentions that the ‘religious’ groups placing refugees are actually federal contractors*** paid to place them in almost all states, jumped out at me.
Jenny Yang, lobbyist for World Relief, one of the nine contractors that monopolize all refugee placement in America, is lobbying governors.
Jenny Yang, working for the refugee contracting agency World Reliefsays 16 governors have already opted-in and told the State Department that they want MORE poor people for their state to take care of.
I’ve been following closely and so far media reports indicate only these states are in:
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Utah (R)
Washington
Virginia
New Hampshire (R)
North Dakota (?)(R)
Kansas
Arizona (R)
I guess you all need to find out if your governor has quietly opted-in without any public mention (that is, in secrecy).
Jenny Yang, vice president for advocacy at World Relief, an evangelical agency whose work includes resettlement, has been steering an effort to lobby governors to keep their states open to refugees.
She said about 16 governors have submitted written consent, six of them Republicans. Gov. Doug Ducey, Republican of Arizona, agreed after receiving a letter supporting resettlement signed by 250 evangelical leaders. Gov. Greg Abbott, Republican of Texas, who leads the state that received the most refugees last year, has not yet offered his view,despite a plea from the mayor of Fort Worth to continue accepting refugees.
As I have been saying, they are gunning for Gov. Abbott of Texas. Sure hope you Texans are telling the governor what you think.
Since Texas is the top resettlement state in the nation and has been for several years, Abbott could easily say—we need a breather to assimilate those we have ‘welcomed’ for the last decade!
***For new readers these (below) are the nine refugee contractors that monopolize all refugee placement in America. For decades they have decided in secrecy where to place refugees and they don’t want to lose that power because even as they pontificate about their religious convictions and humanitarian zeal, they are Leftwing political groups working to change America by changing the people and using your money to do it!
In a packed meeting room, County Commissioners in Bismarck, voted 3-2 to ‘welcome’ more impoverished refugees to the county in the coming year—25 total they say.
As the country watched (even the NY Times was watching) the county leaders took a wishy-washy middle of the road position because as far as I know there is no rule or regulation that lets them set a cap.
Once you agree to take in third worlders from Africa, Asia and the Middle East, a county can’t dictate numbers or select refugees by ethnicity or religion.
Although their decision was not exactly overwhelming, the fact that this county commission actually held a hearing to take the pulse of the community is very significant. All across the country governors and local elected officials are deciding behind closed doors. Demand public hearings!
Burleigh County Commission vote to allow refugee resettlement in 3-2 decision
BREAKING: Burleigh County commissioners vote to allow refugee resettlement with a cap of 25 for next year after a four hour hearing.
Both sides of the issue voiced opinions and addressed the commissioners.
Commissioners include Brian Bitner, Jerry Woodcox, Mark Armstrong, Kathleen Jones and Jim Peluso.
Peluso and Bitner voted no.
The option surfaced after President Donald Trump issued an executive order allowing local governments to make their own decisions.
Cass County recently voted to accept refugees.
For a more complete and incredibly biased report see the New York Timesstory from overnight. As always there is absolutely no mention that the do-gooder Lutherans who resettle refugees in ND are paid, as federal contractors, to place the refugees throughout North Dakota.
The NYT reports that Burleigh County Commissioner Bitner did not even know that refugees were being placed in the county demonstrating that this program operates in SECRECY whenever the contractors can get away with it.
The NYTdoes point out some pitfalls we see with the President’s approach when he opened this can of worms. (Don’t get me wrong, chaos/confusion is a good thing politically !)
There is one very bright side all of you need to note: the process is forcing state and local elected officials who have been happy to hide behind the mantra—this decision of where refugees are placed is a federal decision—to go on the record for all voters to see who is friend or foe on the issue of our time.
I see the vote for more refugees as a proxy vote for more immigration across the board.
LOL! One thing jumped out at me and that was that although the reporter calls the President, President Trump, once at the beginning of the story. In four additional references he is relegated to “Mr. Trump.”
Mr. Obama is referred to as “President Barack Obama” (not former President…).
See the right hand side bar for the governors who have caved already and told the President that they want more impoverished refugees placed in their (your!) state.
The NYT says 16 governors have sent letters, if that is true they are keeping their mouths shut in the media.
Update December 10: A reader suggests you copy your letters (that you are writing to county commissions and to your governor) to the US Secretary of State. See here.
Well, heck the Refugee Council USA (the lobbying arm of the refugee industry) prepared a “tool kit” for their followers to use to help them organize against the President and to argue for more refugees.
Governor Little is a fan of Chobani Yogurt (just so you know)!
Well, we can do that too! A reader from Idaho shared his letter to Republican Governor Brad Little.
It’s great, you can use it too!
Simply substitute your governor’s name and your state! Maybe add a few more points you want to specifically make!
Dear Gov Little,
I am writing to urge you to advise the State Dept that Idaho will NOT accept any more refugees. While I suspect Chobani and other Big Ag interests will push for a massive increase in refugee numbers, the fact of the matter is that many parts of Idaho are already experiencing a housing shortage as well as burgeoning school enrollments. We need to take care of our state first.
Idaho has a relatively small population and you can bet that most refugees will vote for Democrats, the party of Open Borders and Free Stuff. We can’t out-pander the Dems, so let’s not try.
A major problem for states in taking refugees is that local governments end up paying most of the costs for their healthcare and education. Most refugees arrive with no English proficiency or useful skills, many are illiterate in any language. This places a huge burden on our educational system, a burden shouldered by local taxpayers. Refugees often arrive with serious health problems that local hospital districts are expected to pay for. Local governments are required to provide interpreters in hospital, court and educational systems, regardless of how exotic the language and expensive those services are.
These are the kind of costs that “welcoming” states are required to provide. I’m sick and tired of the feds dumping costs on local taxpayers. The Refugee Act of 1980 promised that state and local governments would not be forced to pay these costs. They lied, but what else would you expect from a bill written by Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden and signed by Jimmy Carter? That says it all.
Finally, once a state says that refugees are welcome they will have no choice as to what kind of refugees they receive. This is a problem because most refugees are chosen by the UNHCR, a corrupt institution run by an organization that hates us. Politicians are always saying these people are seriously vetted, but that’s a lie. Many countries sending us refugees are failed states that have little info on the people they are choosing and we’re supposed to trust the UN.
While I am sure you’ll be getting lots of mail from refugee contractors, this is one from an actual voter. Just say NO to more refugees!
Thank you for reading!
By the way, Idaho has taken a lot of refugees over the years, so the Governor could simply say that the state needs a breather, time for the existing refugees to assimilate.
See the right hand side bar for the governors who have caved already and told the President that they want more impoverished refugees placed in their (your!) state.
The President listened to our concerns about having no say in where refugees are placed. If you are fuming over the impeachment process (which you can do nothing about) then support him by doing this one little thing—take 15 minutes and make some calls!
(Visit my category, Where to find information, if this is the first time you are hearing this news. I’ve been writing non-stop for days on this important opportunity Trump has made available.)
Here are a few of the arguments your elected officials (who want more refugees) will make:
Trump isn’t bringing very many so the numbers are tiny. Yes, they are smaller than they have been in the past, but wait till Trump is no longer in the White House and watch the numbers explode!
The federal government pays for the program. No it doesn’t. It has long ago stopped reimbursing states for myriad costs. Who do you think is paying for Medicare, education for the children and even translation services at every institution that interfaces with the refugees? Not to mention the cost of the criminal justice system in your county and state.
Non-profit groups and churches are taking care of them. Only for the first three months and they are paid by the federal government (you again!) to do their ‘humanitarian’ work. Their CEOs are pulling in obscene six figure salaries for their ‘charitable good works’.
Big companies like meat packers need the ready supply of labor—jobs Americans won’t do. Maybe that is because these giant globalist corporations aren’t paying decent wages. (Refugees receive welfare to make up for meager wages.) Why should your town suffer cultural destabilization and social upheaval to help the likes of BIG MEAT?
Our community is lacking in diversity and everyone knows that diversity brings strength. There is no research to support that favorite talking point of Open Borders, Inc. In fact there is some research that refutes that mumbo-jumbo.
But we are a compassionate people. Yes, and so how is it demonstrating compassion to move poor people from their own cultures, dropping them off in places like Chicago so they can get menial jobs, an act of compassion? Why not keep them safe in their own region of the world until they can go home?
We are a nation of immigrants. That is another of Open Borders activists favorite talking points. Do you know that we actually stopped most immigration to America for 3 decades leading up to 1965? Why? Because so many were coming that we needed a breather to give them a chance to assimilate. So taking a break is not unprecedented.
Refugees are screened and therefore they don’t commit crimes or commit acts of terrorism. Yes, they do and I have literally hundreds of posts archived here confirming they do. And, use your head, how do you screen someone who has left some hellhole country with no government and is wandering around the world with no papers? We aren’t stupid! Tell your elected officials, the US is not capable of calling up some little village in Syria, for example, to see if Mohammed has a criminal record.
Ask all pro-refugee elected officials if they have any limit to the number they want for your town/city/county/state. Is 100 a year a good number? 500? 1000? 10,000? Pin them down, make them tell you if they have a number that would be just too many for your community or state to absorb.
And, ask your elected official if they have in any way taken the pulse of your town/city/county or are they just listening to the political activists at the local Interfaith group.
When they call you names—racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic, or whatever—know that they haven’t any good arguments and have resorted to attacking you personally. Wear the attack as a badge of honor!
The President listened to our concerns about having no say in where refugees are placed. If you are fuming over the impeachment process (which you can do nothing about) then support him by doing this one little thing—take 15 minutes and make some calls!