Malaysia: Obama (today) meets with Rohingya (Burmese) Muslims on way to US

This story is a Drudge headline this morning:  Obama defiant: vows more refugees. ***Update*** November 22:  Almost 15,000 Burmese Muslim came in as refugees in last ten years, here. He is in Malaysia, a safe Muslim country which is sending Rohingya Muslims (who arrive there illegally) to America!  So while we have anxiety about Syrian … Continue reading Malaysia: Obama (today) meets with Rohingya (Burmese) Muslims on way to US

Wyoming Republican Governor Matt Mead still angling to bring in refugees! Why???

He says he just wants a civil discussion to get the facts.  Indeed that is all we have ever asked for over the last 8 years—the facts!  All of the facts! All of the facts to be laid out in public—the good, the bad and the ugly. And, that is exactly what the UN/US State … Continue reading Wyoming Republican Governor Matt Mead still angling to bring in refugees! Why???

Rohingya Muslims arriving in Malaysia in large numbers, how many are headed to the US?

This is a story I never got around to last week (traveling), but wanted to be sure you see it and understand that…. ….we are probably taking some of the illegal migrants that arrive in Malaysia as ‘refugees’ to your towns and cities. We haven’t written much about the Rohingya issue in Burma and Bangladesh … Continue reading Rohingya Muslims arriving in Malaysia in large numbers, how many are headed to the US?

In refugee-saturated North Carolina, Burmese refugee kills Burmese children in his neighborhood

Update March 19th:  See refugee agency “disturbed” and quick to say refugees have criminal background checks before arriving in the US.  So what about mental illness screening?  The victims had only been in the US for just a little over 4 months. He was described as crazy and people feared him. So the next time … Continue reading In refugee-saturated North Carolina, Burmese refugee kills Burmese children in his neighborhood

In advance of Obama’s visit to Burma, the NYT does the Rohingya as victims story

  I would have to write a book to tell you why this story is so infuriating to me.  I don’t have time for books!  But, I have followed the Burma (Myanmar) Rohingya Muslim issue for years (174 previous posts in our Rohingya category) and it makes me want to explode when I see the … Continue reading In advance of Obama’s visit to Burma, the NYT does the Rohingya as victims story