Ft. Wayne, IN: A federal funding spigot is opened for refugees

Your tax dollars: There is nothing we haven’t already reported in this story from the Journal-Gazette in Ft. Wayne, IN about how the Obama Administration has doubled the federal funding to the government contractors who resettle refugees in your town or city.   However, I’m bringing the story to your attention, just to inform readers that … Continue reading Ft. Wayne, IN: A federal funding spigot is opened for refugees

Ft. Wayne, IN and Detroit, MI: refugee resettlement no-go cities

Well, they have not exactly completely stopped refugee resettlement, but apparently as we have just learned, here, the US State Department has slowed the flow of refugees to Ft. Wayne, IN, a city that is in turmoil from a refugee population overload combined with no employment and an apparent unwillingness of refugees to assimilate.  Previously the … Continue reading Ft. Wayne, IN and Detroit, MI: refugee resettlement no-go cities

Comment worth noting: Rohan Swee on the Ft. Wayne Burmese debate

I don’t know how many of you are following the discussion on-going here at another comment worth noting.* Commenter Ellen spoke forcefully about her frustration with an overload of refugees in Ft. Wayne, IN.  Then another commenter, whose name is “Reader,” responded critically with the usual flagrant attempt to silence critics by impugning Ellen’s character.  After some … Continue reading Comment worth noting: Rohan Swee on the Ft. Wayne Burmese debate

Comment worth noting: Reader not pleased with Ft. Wayne Burmese refugees

Over the last couple of years we have written fairly often about Ft. Wayne, IN and its refugee overload.  Here we have a commenter, Ellen, who is obviously from the Ft. Wayne area and who today expressed her strong views at this post from last summer. We first heard about problems in Ft. Wayne (believed … Continue reading Comment worth noting: Reader not pleased with Ft. Wayne Burmese refugees