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Nebraska Republican Governor supports security screening, BUT wants refugee admissions to resume ASAP

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My question is, so how much of the governor’s enthusiasm for refugees is because the meat and poultry industry in Nebraska has gotten addicted to cheap LEGAL immigrant labor?     There isn’t much different here than in dozens of sobs stories in recent days (that I can’t keep up with) about Refugee Resettlement contracting … Continue reading Nebraska Republican Governor supports security screening, BUT wants refugee admissions to resume ASAP

Nebraska received (per capita) more refugees last year than any other state

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Here is a story from the Omaha World-Herald which used those Pew numbers we reported yesterday, as the hook for this story about how “welcoming” Nebraska is for refugees. Nebraska is one of the states I visited over the summer, and I am here to report that even if the Republican governor is thrilled about … Continue reading Nebraska received (per capita) more refugees last year than any other state

Refugees boosting the TB rate in Nebraska

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I recently traveled through Nebraska to meet citizens and see some of the meatpacking towns under stress from large numbers of refugees who have been placed there mostly by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Church World Service, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service and the Ethiopian Community Development Council to supply multinational meat giants with … Continue reading Refugees boosting the TB rate in Nebraska