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Utah, Tennessee seeing cuts in budget and staff as flow of refugees to US slows; it is their own fault!

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Sorry to keep repeating myself, but someone once told me people have to hear things seven times before it sinks in. One side benefit of the Trump refugee slowdown (but 50,000 isn’t that low! as I explained here) is that the public is learning that the federal refugee contractors have failed to keep their end … Continue reading Utah, Tennessee seeing cuts in budget and staff as flow of refugees to US slows; it is their own fault!

Utah embraces refugees, will LDS church become a federal refugee contractor?

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“Even people that live here, they don’t even know they have that many refugees in the state.” Aden Batar, Catholic Community Services Right now, most refugees resettled in ‘welcoming’ Utah are placed there through Catholic organizations under the umbrella of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, but the Mormon church is jumping on the bandwagon.  … Continue reading Utah embraces refugees, will LDS church become a federal refugee contractor?

Wall Street Journal's immigration writer ticks me off with fluff on "welcoming" Utah

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I’ve got other things I’m working on this morning, but have put them on hold so I can blow off steam!  A reader just sent me this story….grrrrr! Wall Street Journal reporter Miriam Jordan writes ‘authoritatively’ on Muslim refugees going to”welcoming” Utah and fails to mention the horrific murder case that dragged on for years … Continue reading Wall Street Journal's immigration writer ticks me off with fluff on "welcoming" Utah

Utah: Burmese Muslim refugee sentenced in brutal rape/murder of little girl

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Diversity is strength alert! For long-time readers, Esar Met should be a familiar name.  He was convicted of raping and murdering a fellow refugee—a little Christian girl—in the apartment complex where naive resettlement agency employees and the US State Department had placed him. Right after the murder in 2008, it was not too difficult for … Continue reading Utah: Burmese Muslim refugee sentenced in brutal rape/murder of little girl

Utah! Why the h*** do we have to put up with this?

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‘Pungentpeppers’ sent us this story from Utah a couple of days ago—it’s about Afghan refugees bringing their Islamic culture clashes and their violence to your communities.    It is long, and annoys me so much I could barely read the article. And, for Utah political leaders, what the heck are you thinking allowing your lovely state … Continue reading Utah! Why the h*** do we have to put up with this?