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EU officials: ISIS has been wiped out in Syria, time for refugees to go home

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One of the most maddening things about our UN/US Refugee Admissions Program is that it is permanent. When we take refugees they are here to stay and on track to citizenship even if their home country goes back to relative peace. As we have watched Europe, particularly Germany ‘welcoming’ migrants, remember those flooding in to … Continue reading EU officials: ISIS has been wiped out in Syria, time for refugees to go home

German teacher says Islamist ideology making teaching Muslim refugees impossible

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This is the cold hard truth….     When the number of devout Muslims increase to a certain level in any city or country in the western world, a tipping point is reached.  It is not about economic costs to communities, and not about the degree of vetting the migrants receive, it is all about … Continue reading German teacher says Islamist ideology making teaching Muslim refugees impossible

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

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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

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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

San Diego: Unfair says Syrian refugee that her brothers can’t come to US from Saudi Arabia

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What is wrong with this sob story? This Syrian family and the brothers left behind were in Saudi Arabia (one of the brothers had already emigrated to S.A.). Saudi Arabia is a safe country!  Therefore, why are these people now the responsibility of the US taxpayer? They weren’t living in some sqaulid camp. They were … Continue reading San Diego: Unfair says Syrian refugee that her brothers can’t come to US from Saudi Arabia