Nashville: More immigrant entrepreneurs busted!

Diversity is strength!  Right Mr. Lubell? Nashville, Tennessee is the premier Bible belt destination city for refugee and immigrant migration thanks to people like David Lubell and his old friends (Avi Poster and Tom Negri) at ‘Welcoming Tennessee.’ Regular readers know that Lubell used his ‘Welcoming Tennessee’ franchise to turn it into ‘Welcoming America’ and … Continue reading Nashville: More immigrant entrepreneurs busted!

Is your state attracting “secondary migrants?” Minnesota tops the list

Secondary migrants are refugees who were settled first by the US State Department and a contractor in one state, but choose to move usually because they want to be with their own kind of people, or they find employment and/or social services more desirable elsewhere. When we first began writing this blog in 2007, we … Continue reading Is your state attracting “secondary migrants?” Minnesota tops the list

Someone is selling Wyoming governor a bill of goods!

Wyoming had 5 eligible “refugees” in the state in FY2012 and the Governor thinks they need a federal plan? This week we reported on Wyoming Governor Matt Mead’s op-ed in which he said Wyoming needed a plan (with the feds and their contractors) to cope with the “refugees” already arriving in Wyoming.  I wondered what … Continue reading Someone is selling Wyoming governor a bill of goods!

The feds and contractors need to find more resettlement towns and cities

The ones they have are at the saturation point and so the hunt is on!  (Get it Wyoming!) It’s been on actually for some time, but last summer the State Department (PRM) and the Dept. of Health and Human Services (ORR) began to spell out what they are looking for in a “welcoming” community.  They … Continue reading The feds and contractors need to find more resettlement towns and cities