Getting new housing in your town? Then you will get refugees!

If Trump doesn’t turn off the spigot, both of refugees and funding/regulations for low income housing (Obama’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing!), then expect refugee contractors to find your town! Changing the heartland one town at a time! Here we have news from Kansas where a federal refugee contractor crows about all the new housing that … Continue reading Getting new housing in your town? Then you will get refugees!

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

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

Refugee Industry lobbyists want to talk to Trump transition team

As we have reported on several occasions already, they are worried of course about the implications for their futures with Trump in the White House. The UN/US Refugee Admissions Program is built on massive amounts of federal dollars going to nine major refugee contractors (to be precise they have grants and contracts with the US … Continue reading Refugee Industry lobbyists want to talk to Trump transition team