100 members of Congress sign letter to Prez: we want 110,000 refugees!

This was posted a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn’t seen it until today when the IRC (a resettlement contractor) was crowing about it on twitter. The top story at google on the letter is at the Friends Committee. If you didn’t know, the Friends (aka Quakers) are very pro-more-immigration. They are involved in … Continue reading 100 members of Congress sign letter to Prez: we want 110,000 refugees!

Pew produces handy summary of where refugees have been placed since FY02

The Pew Research Center, which has the money and time, has put together a handy interactive map to show which ethnic groups were placed in which states since fiscal year 2002. This is the 2017 map (FY17 ended on September 30th, 2017). Of course it can be deceptive because it doesn’t show the numbers. Take … Continue reading Pew produces handy summary of where refugees have been placed since FY02

Think Progress complains about Russian facebook pages that mention refugees

Don’t get me wrong, I am not defending the Russian government (or Russian anybody). But, I do want to say that this is rich (and it makes me laugh!)—Soros/Podesta‘s Think Progress apparently doesn’t like the competition from skilled propagandists when propaganda is Soros’s greatest asset! The implication in the story is that these “fake” Russian … Continue reading Think Progress complains about Russian facebook pages that mention refugees

US shuts the door on refugees, wails 'Think Progress'

…..and it is confirmed by their go-to commenter—Mark Hetfield of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society— who says of Trump’s ceiling that it is “lower than it’s been in history.” But, what he doesn’t say is that even at 50,086 (the number this morning), that is not the lowest ADMISSIONS number in the history of the program … Continue reading US shuts the door on refugees, wails 'Think Progress'

What does the Refugee Admissions timeline look like for the remainder of 2017 and in to 2018?

And, what more can President Donald Trump do? If today is the first day you ever began to try to understand the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program, I’m going to walk you through from where we are. Presumably you are here because you heard that President Donald Trump announced a 120-day moratorium on the USRAP beginning … Continue reading What does the Refugee Admissions timeline look like for the remainder of 2017 and in to 2018?