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Some states are pretty secretive about refugee health data—Tennessee is one of them

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Michael Patrick Leahy (Breitbart) continues his series on Tuberculosis and other communicable diseases entering the US with the refugee population with this news from Tennessee. Citizens of the Volunteer State are not given information about the health status of their new ‘refugee’ neighbors. We have a tendency to focus on the Islamic terrorism angle with … Continue reading Some states are pretty secretive about refugee health data—Tennessee is one of them

Big news! Kansas watching Tennessee on refugee lawsuit, but bigger still, so is Texas!

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Big news! That’s for sure!  Texas? Maybe Maine and Florida? From Michael Patrick Leahy writing at Breitbart a few hours ago! Gov. Sam Brownback’s recent decision to withdraw the state of Kansas from the federal refugee resettlement program may be just the first step in a full-fledged battle with the Obama administration over state sovereignty … Continue reading Big news! Kansas watching Tennessee on refugee lawsuit, but bigger still, so is Texas!

Kansas refugee contractors: heck with the governor, we won't stop bringing in refugees

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Yesterday we told you that Sam Brownback, the governor of Kansas, withdrew the state from the UN/US State Department Refugee Admissions Program making it effectively the 13th Wilson-Fish state***. Wilson-Fish references an amendment to the original Refugee Act of 1980 where the federal government has taken it upon itself to write new regulations (with no statutory … Continue reading Kansas refugee contractors: heck with the governor, we won't stop bringing in refugees

Kansas governor withdraws state from federal Refugee Admissions Program….

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Update April 28th: Kansas resettlement contractors tell governor, s**** you (and Kansas taxpayers), we will bring refugees anyway, click here. ….but, but, but! But, it simply means that the US State Department/Health and Human Services and their NGO contractors will resettle refugees there anyway as they do in 12 other so-called Wilson Fish States.  See … Continue reading Kansas governor withdraws state from federal Refugee Admissions Program….

Tennessee legislature moves one step closer to states' right lawsuit on refugee program

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This is a big deal! Just yesterday we reported that Syrian refugees resettled in Memphis, TN are dumpster diving because they don’t have jobs and apparently their resettlement agency (a contractor of the federal government) doesn’t raise enough private charitable money to help them! Tennessee legislators have had enough of Washington making decisions for Tennessee … Continue reading Tennessee legislature moves one step closer to states' right lawsuit on refugee program