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USCRI needs money now that President Trump has reduced the number of their paying clients

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Just now I wrote about what happened in Rutland, VT this week where the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) lost their chief advocate for Syrian refugees, Mayor Christopher Louras, in a stunning mayoral election upset. And, I have been meaning to update readers on USCRI’s financials for some time, so this gives me … Continue reading USCRI needs money now that President Trump has reduced the number of their paying clients

Revolving door between government agency and its contractors finally being exposed!

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Michael Patrick Leahy writing at Breitbart has put pen to paper and pulled together some of the facts about how the refugee resettlement industry is in an incestuous arrangement between agencies that dole out your tax dollars and the contractors that receive them.  If this isn’t illegal it should be! The arrangement is unethical at … Continue reading Revolving door between government agency and its contractors finally being exposed!

US won't make Syrian resettlement goal this year say refugee contractors

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This is a strange turn of events.  For the last couple of months we have been told (repeatedly) that the Obama Administration is on target to get its 10,000 Syrian Muslims placed in your towns by September 30th (the end of fiscal year 2016). We were told Obama sent an army of people to the … Continue reading US won't make Syrian resettlement goal this year say refugee contractors

GAO says Obama Office of Refugee Resettlement puts Unaccompanied Alien Children at risk

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….and it puts you at risk because they are not being properly monitored! Update February 23: Here is a link to the critical GAO report. Hot off the press this morning is this Washington Post story about a GAO report released today that is highly critical of HHS’s Office of Refugee Resettlement’s care of the … Continue reading GAO says Obama Office of Refugee Resettlement puts Unaccompanied Alien Children at risk

Office of Refugee Resettlement not taking care of the alien "children"

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Last week a Senate committee held a hearing that raked the Dept. of Health and Human Services over the coals because they did not make sure ‘unaccompanied alien children’ were not placed with human traffickers in the wake of the border invasion of 2014. Although an assistant secretary at HHS was grilled by the committee, … Continue reading Office of Refugee Resettlement not taking care of the alien "children"