They are changing America by changing the people
Following the increasingly common refrain—we broke it, we own it—19 Members of Congress earlier this month wrote to President Obama seeking his leadership in extending the deadline for the so-called Special Immigrant Visa program for Iraqis and Afghans who ‘helped us’ when we sought to give them a free country. I thought we succeeded, isn’t … Continue reading Members of Congress: We need more Iraqi refugees (Afghans too)
Lawyer says the FBI took advantage of “bigoted and susceptible immigrants.” This is the latest on those Iraqi “refugees” who lied (can you believe it!) on their paperwork to get into the US and were subsequently convicted on terrorism charges in Bowling Green, the refugee chicken factory capital of Kentucky. (We first reported on the … Continue reading Kentucky: Iraqi refugee convicted of terrorism trying to avoid life sentence
Since June of 2008, the US State Department has only allowed limited resettlement of certain refugees to Detroit—specifically immediate family members of Iraqis already there. The policy wasn’t working and so in a Memo this week to “Reception and Placement Agencies” and “Overseas Processing Entities” from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration the restriction … Continue reading State Department re-opens Iraqi resettlement in Detroit
Update January 17th: For unhappy Iraqi refugees, here is where you can send your complaints. Start with the Iraqi Embassy! State Department! What are you thinking! The system is crashing. Whether in Pittsburgh, PA, or Bowling Green, KY or Greensboro, NC or Ft. Wayne, IN and now Houston, TX, it cannot be sustained in its … Continue reading Comment worth noting: the system is failing Iraqi refugees in Houston
In one more case of folks in Australia being challenged by the diversity-is-beautiful mythology, an Iraqi refugee charged with an alleged rape, and new to Australia, was released on bail despite pleas by the victim that she feared for her safety. From the Sydney Morning Herald: An Iraqi refugee accused of dragging a woman from a Brisbane … Continue reading Sydney, Australia: Police not happy accused Iraqi refugee rapist released