St. Cloud controversy over refugees draws CAIR’s attention; CAIR draws media attention

And, of course, as I look around this morning I see that CAIR’s arrival on the scene draws the national media!  A local Fox affiliate is reporting on the controversy surrounding one city councilman’s proposed moratorium on refugee resettlement and even the Washington Post is now reporting.   I expect to see the spinners and … Continue reading St. Cloud controversy over refugees draws CAIR’s attention; CAIR draws media attention

More on Kennewick sword-wielding Somali refugee killed by police

The Spokeman-Review wants you to know that Hussein Hassan was just a nut.  Which of course begs the question—do we screen incoming refugees for mental illness? The answer appears to be NO! I probably wouldn’t bother posting this story meant to get you to ‘move along, nothing to see’ except for the fact that once … Continue reading More on Kennewick sword-wielding Somali refugee killed by police

Total chaos in US refugee flow; United Nations depends on US to take lion's share every year

Here is one of many stories about the impact of the cap reduction to 50,000 refugees for the US in FY17, a portion of the Trump EO not effected by court wrangling. We learned here that the refugee resettlement contracting agencies were going to be working on placing sob stories (like this one) to sway … Continue reading Total chaos in US refugee flow; United Nations depends on US to take lion's share every year

What will Rex Tillerson as Sec. of State do on refugees? (No idea!)

That is the question Daniel Horowitz asks at Conservative Review yesterday.  He suggests that silence on the subject doesn’t bode well for those of us who know that the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program must be scrapped as written. My reading of the Refugee Act of 1980 is that the program is almost completely under the … Continue reading What will Rex Tillerson as Sec. of State do on refugees? (No idea!)