They are changing America by changing the people
One of the most frustrating things about writing about the US State Department’s Refugee Resettlement Program is that the same stories cycle around from month to month and year to year (each new young reporter thinking they have a cool story). This morning I see that lo-and-behold Boise, ID can’t support thousands of refugees, as … Continue reading Boise’s got problems (again!)
…or this news story wouldn’t be out there. From State Impact (NPR): Idaho residents know well the reversal of fortune the state has seen since the start of the recession. The state, which not so long ago had the fastest growing economy in the nation, has been hit hard. In a broadcast story tomorrow, we’ll … Continue reading They must be having problems in Boise with refugee numbers…
Here is a long and convoluted story about a Burundian woman in Boise, ID resettled there in 2006 by World Relief (one of nine federal refugee contractors) and now wishing she had never come to America. This is how the story in the Boise Weekly begins: Sitting on a couch in her sparsely decorated Meridian apartment, Christiana … Continue reading Boise, ID: Burundian refugee wants her kids back!
The stories are coming every week, will they be daily soon? We have reports from 15 states* that there are no jobs for Iraqi refugees. Surely other refugees are experiencing the same problem, but it seems the Iraqis attract more news coverage. Oregon Public Broadcasting has this report from Boise, Idaho where refugees are still pouring … Continue reading Boise, Idaho: No job for Iraqi father of eight
Update (a few hours later): At the end of this post I encouraged readers to visit this article in USA Today and read some of the hard hitting comments. Seems that USA Toady (as I’ve been told it is occasionally called) has decided to yank the comment thread. Unbelievable the lengths the mainstream media will … Continue reading More Muslim refugees for Boise, ID