North Dakota: Summer study bill on cost of refugees to the state moving along

You know I get alerts each day on a variety of news involving refugees around the world.  Honestly I wasn’t planning to post on this news simply because it is frankly ho-hum.  But, for some reason the story of the North Dakota legislature’s effort to get to the bottom of the question of what it … Continue reading North Dakota: Summer study bill on cost of refugees to the state moving along

North Dakota: Bill introduced to try to get some local/state control of refugee program

And, Somali community organizer issues a warning! Editor: Everyone is asking me what I think about various bills being introduced in state legislatures that seek to get some control over the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program by states and local governments when the federal government is sending refugees from around the world to unsuspecting communities.  Truthfully, … Continue reading North Dakota: Bill introduced to try to get some local/state control of refugee program

North Dakota update: seems that very few elected officials have a clue about what ol' Teddy and Joe created

Back in 1980 when Jimmy Carter signed the monster into law (after it was pushed through the Senate by Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden) everyone jumped on board (every state but Wyoming!) and figured this was just one of those warm and fuzzy feel-good plans from Washington. It was put on auto-pilot (no serious review … Continue reading North Dakota update: seems that very few elected officials have a clue about what ol' Teddy and Joe created

North Dakota State legislator signals interest in suing feds over refugee program

North Dakota is a Wilson-Fish state whose refugee program has, for about 6 or 7 years now, been run by a non-profit group, a Lutheran resettlement contractor. This is big news to add to other big news we’ve had over the last few days and weeks about possible challenges to the federal government on how … Continue reading North Dakota State legislator signals interest in suing feds over refugee program