Feds will close 74 refugee offices during the course of this year

04/15/2018 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

We knew this was happening, but this article at The Indypendent has some useful nuggets of information on the internal turmoil involving the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program which began in 1980 as a supposed public-private partnership, but has evolved in to an almost entirely publicly (taxpayer) funded industry. I’m guessing that the average uninformed reader … Continue reading Feds will close 74 refugee offices during the course of this year

Chobani Yogurt update: plant expansion planned for Twin Falls, Idaho

11/14/2017 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

Idaho Republican governor Otter praised the yogurt tycoon. Here is the story from the Utica, NY Observer-Dispatch: The founder and CEO of Chobani has no regrets about moving part of his Greek yogurt company to south-central Idaho, a region embroiled in the national debate over refugee resettlement that spread to company boycotts by far-right bloggers and … Continue reading Chobani Yogurt update: plant expansion planned for Twin Falls, Idaho

Major refugee resettlement agency in meltdown?

11/12/2017 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

Sure sounds like it! We reported here that we had heard rumblings, but Breitbart News yesterday has all the gory details from a reliable source close to the organization—Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service—headquartered in Baltimore, MD. Read the bombshell story by Michael Patrick Leahy here. ‘Source: Claims of Financial Mismanagement, Fraud, and Harassment at Lutheran … Continue reading Major refugee resettlement agency in meltdown?

Foreign-owned Big Meat hires Lutherans to help them find and retain refugee labor

10/24/2017 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

That is the crux of this story and not in my wildest dreams did I think that money was directly changing hands between the meat industry and a federal refugee contractor, in this case Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service headquartered in Baltimore, MD. I always assumed it was an informal relationship where the largely federally-funded … Continue reading Foreign-owned Big Meat hires Lutherans to help them find and retain refugee labor

RRW is ten years old!

07/02/2017 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

And, as the saying goes, time flies when you are having fun (maybe!). As America turns 241, RRW turns 10! Refugee Resettlement Watch‘s first full month was July 2007 and for the whole month we had 1,161 views. Fast forward to the top month of all time—November 2015—when we saw a one day high of … Continue reading RRW is ten years old!