Refugee numbers are low for first 3 months of fiscal year; Ohio is top receiving state

As promised, below are the stats for the first three months of fiscal year 2018 (it began on October 1, 2017). Update January 3: More detailed numbers analysis by Michael Leahy at Breitbart, here. President Trump set the CEILING for the year at 45,000 refugees. That is the lowest CEILING since the Refugee Act of … Continue reading Refugee numbers are low for first 3 months of fiscal year; Ohio is top receiving state

Catholic Charities placing Somalis from Uganda refugee camp in Minnesota

The other day when I wrote about the large number of Somalis entering the US from refugee camps in Kenya, I wondered who were all the refugees coming from Uganda and here we learn they are Somalis too! We have written so many posts about Somalis/Catholic Charities in Minnesota, I have lost track. But, I … Continue reading Catholic Charities placing Somalis from Uganda refugee camp in Minnesota

Somalis pouring in to US in first 10 weeks of the fiscal year, could be biggest year ever for Somalis

Update: 23 years after Black Hawk Down, why are Somalis our problem? here. I told you about the astronomically high numbers of Somalis being admitted to the US here recently, but since I was working on data for the first ten weeks (here for overall numbers and here for Syrians), I figured I would put … Continue reading Somalis pouring in to US in first 10 weeks of the fiscal year, could be biggest year ever for Somalis

Bates College students petition administration to become a sanctuary college; protect Somalis of Lewiston too

All over the country (we are told) college administrators are setting up sanctuaries for illegal aliens (and refugees!) to protect them from Donald Trump and his “deplorable” voters. Here is what the students are saying at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. BTW, Bates is the alma mater of House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte who is … Continue reading Bates College students petition administration to become a sanctuary college; protect Somalis of Lewiston too

President-elect to visit Ohio State terror attack victims today

Following the attack, Trump tweeted that Artan, a Somali living legally in the U.S., should not have been in the country. News outlets this morning, including the local Columbus newspaper, are reporting that Donald Trump will visit the OSU campus today to meet with victims and first responders to last week’s car/knife rampage by a … Continue reading President-elect to visit Ohio State terror attack victims today