They are changing America by changing the people
This AP story has been all over the news in the last couple of days. The title here is “Many Iraqis who aided US barred from refugee immigration program. ” So, if you just read the headline and read it through quickly you might conclude it’s your typical drumbeat story about getting Iraqi refugees here, now, and as fast … Continue reading Iraqi refugees as potential terrorists, hints of internal conflict
Last week I posted on a report from the Brookings Institution entitled, Iraqi Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic, in an effort to answer the question, who are the Iraqis who have fled to Syria? Since the United States has already begun resettling this fiscal year’s goal of 12, 000, it’s important for us to … Continue reading Iraqi refugees in Syria (Part II)
The US is about to embark on an ambitious campaign to resettle Iraqi refugees this year. The State Department goal is to bring 12,000 during the fiscal year that began a few weeks ago. Recently Senator Kennedy attached a bill to a larger defense authorization bill to add another 5000. Washington insiders who support increases in Muslim … Continue reading Iraqi refugees in Syria (Part I)
In a sneaky manuever last Friday night, Senator Ted Kennedy attached the “Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act” to the National Defense Authorization bill— a bill which has fast become a Christmas tree adorned with assorted and unrelated ornaments. No hearings, no discussion, no chance for the public to comment, no wonder Congress’ approval rating is at its … Continue reading How many Iraqi refugees will be resettled in Hyannisport?
This afternoon, just as General Petraeus is telling Congress that things are looking up in Iraq, I see the Denver Post is reporting on 1400 Iraqis on their way to the US as refugees. The article is your typical story with accounts of injured translators used as the reason we must bring 12,000 Iraqis here … Continue reading Iraqi Refugees headed to Denver and to a city near you